Dewey Defeats Truman: A Novel - Rilegato

Mallon, Thomas

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ISBN 10: 0679444254 ISBN 13: 9780679444251

Casa editrice: Pantheon Books, 1997

Riassunto

While Anne Macmurray prepares to choose between two suitors--an ardent union organizer and a wealthy, conservative lawyer--the inhabitants of Owosso, Michigan, anticipate the victory of their hometown hero, Thomas E. Dewey, in the 1948 presidential election. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

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L'autore:

Thomas Mallon is the author of three previous novels, Henry and Clara, Aurora 7 and Arts and Sciences, as well as four works of nonfiction, among them Stolen Words and A Book of One's Own.  He was until recently the literary editor of Gentlemen's Quarterly and he frequently contributes to The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post Book World. He lives in New York City.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

r whose last book, Henry and Clara, prompted John Updike to declare Thomas Mallon one of the most interesting American novelists at work, comes a story that perfectly captures the delightful romance and wistful magic of our recent, and more innocent, past.

Thomas Mallon has masterfully appropriated a jubilant legend (and famous headline) of modern American history -- Harry Truman's upset victory over Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election -- and built around it a midwestern Midsummer Night's Dream.

Set in Dewey's hometown of Owosso, Michigan, this is the captivating story of a local love triangle that mirrors the national election contest. As the voters must decide between candidates, so must Anne Macmurray choose between two suitors: an ardent UAW organizer and his polar opposite, a wealthy lawyer who's certain he will ride to state Senate victory on Republican coattails.

As they weave a small-town

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• Editore: Pantheon Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0679444254
• ISBN 13: 9780679444251
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 355