Author:
Pietrusza, David, 1949-
Imprint:New York : Union Square Press, c2008.
Descriptionxx, 523 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:January -- "My son will be president in 1960" -- "Independent as a hog on ice" -- "You're my boy" -- "Kicked in the head by a horse" -- "When Bobby hates you, you stay hated" -- "I am not a candidate for the vice presidency of anything" -- "An independent merchant competing against a chain store" -- "The rich man's Harold Stassen" -- "Committing a sin against God" -- "A little black bag and a checkbook" -- "All the eggheads are for Stevenson" -- "They were a dime a dozen" -- "A clean bill of health" -- "First blood for Kennedy" -- "We had to win on the first ballot" -- "Too shallow a puddle" -- "I'm not going to die in office" -- "He is not a big man" -- "A two-fisted, four square liar" -- The man who will succeed Dwight D. Eisenhower...Richard E. Nixon" -- "Why do you think they did that, Sammy?" -- "Nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution" -- "Matt Dillon ain't popular for nothing" -- "Nixon did everything but sweep out the plane" -- "I seen him, I seen him" -- "You bombthrowers probably lost the election" -- "The most dangerous man in America" -- "No one could tell him anything" -- "He felt cool, calm, and very alert" -- "They've embalmed him before he even died" -- "The bones of a single American soldier" -- "Senator Kennedy is in clear violation of the spirit of the law" -- "They know not what they do" -- "I'm just out for a little ride" -- "The help of a few close friends" -- "Dies irae."
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-508) and index.
Note:Describes the close 1960 presidental election between John Kennedy and Richard NIxon, discussing the campaign, the televsion debates, and the influence of the vice-presidental picks on the outcome.
