Hats in the Ring: An Illustrated History of American Presidential Campaigns

by Evan Cornog and Richard Whelan

"America suffers from a sort of intermittent fever. . . . Every fourth year there come terrible shakings, passing into the hot fit of the presidential election; then follows what physicians call 'the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679457305
• ISBN13: 9780679457305
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 1.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

great american sport

Politics is the great American sport and its bats and balls are pins and bumper stickers. This is a great history of torchlight parades, whistle stops and all sorts of campaign paraphenalia. It makes me happy I saved that LBJ for the USA button--it doesn't take long for this stuff to acquire value. SAme can't be said for websites, though. Words and images here are also a healthy reminder that one great tradition of the sport is slamming the other guy--don't forget Jefferson's Sally Hemmings scandal and Lincoln "the big monkey." More fireworks, fewer veep debate lovefests, please.