Posted on 04/16/2016 5:32:29 PM PDT by statestreet
The Making of the President, 1960 By Theodore H. White (1961)
1. Reporter Teddy White kicked up a sensation with his narrative of the tumult, gamesmanship and drama of the 1960 campaign. He rendered in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells and sensations of the spectacle. On Election Day at Hyannisport, John Kennedy didn’t just light up a cigar while awaiting election results—it was a “Havana Royal panatela.” After lunch the candidate emerged from his house wearing a pair of shoes, one of which was “glossily polished, as usual—the other scuffed and dirty.” Thus did White transport his readers to the venue of politics and influence a generation of campaign journalists.
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I don’t care to set up an account to read the story. Does the list include “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail” by Hunter S. Thompson?
It’s been years since I read it.
wHITE WAS A LIBERAL DEM hIS BOOK FROM 1960 IS NOT COMPLETELY ACXCURATE, BUT HE PROSISED Jackie THAT cAMOLOT would never die. He left out a few things that would shock people..The first debate Bobby tired now I will have to write this later.
wHITE WAS A LIBERAL DEM hIS BOOK FROM 1960 IS NOT COMPLETELY ACXCURATE, BUT HE PROSISED Jackie THAT cAMOLOT would never die. He left out a few things that would shock people..The first debate Bobby adjusted Nixon’s temp as high as he could so he would sweat had a very bright lige shining on him to make him pale. Nixon got the stuff readjusted but RFK sneaked back in as the janitor left and put every thing back as he had it. tired now I will have to write this later. that cost Nixon the election.
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