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Truman's Whistle-stop Campaign
Steven R. Goldzwig
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Description for Truman's Whistle-stop Campaign
Paperback. Chronicles the origins of Truman's "give 'em hell" image and the honing of his rhetorical delivery during his ostensibly nonpolitical train trip west, which came to be known as his "whistle-stop tour." This book looks at Truman's preparations and goals to help readers understand how Truman carried the 1948 election. Series: Library of Presidential Rhetoric. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 b&w photo, bib., index. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
Faced with the likely loss of the 1948 presidential elections, Harry S. Truman decided to do what he did best: talk straight. When Truman boarded the train to head west in June 1948, he and his campaign advisors decided to shift from prepared text to extemporaneous stump speeches. The ""new Truman"" emerged as a feisty, engaged speaker, brimming with ideas on policies and programs important to the common citizen.Steven R. Goldzwig engagingly chronicles the origins of Truman's ""give 'em hell"" image and the honing of his rhetorical delivery during his ostensibly nonpolitical train trip west, which came to be known ... Read more
Faced with the likely loss of the 1948 presidential elections, Harry S. Truman decided to do what he did best: talk straight. When Truman boarded the train to head west in June 1948, he and his campaign advisors decided to shift from prepared text to extemporaneous stump speeches. The ""new Truman"" emerged as a feisty, engaged speaker, brimming with ideas on policies and programs important to the common citizen.Steven R. Goldzwig engagingly chronicles the origins of Truman's ""give 'em hell"" image and the honing of his rhetorical delivery during his ostensibly nonpolitical train trip west, which came to be known ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Library of Presidential Rhetoric
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781603440066
SKU
V9781603440066
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About Steven R. Goldzwig
STEVEN R. GOLDZWIG teaches in the department of communication studies at Marquette University. He has received numerous awards and is an associate editor for Communication Monographs. He lives in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin.
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