Hail to the Candidate: Presidential Campaigns from Banners to Broadcasts
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Author(s)Keith E. Melder
PublisherSmithsonian Inst Pr
ISBN / ASIN1560981784
ISBN-139781560981787
Sales Rank2,159,600
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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From the age of Washington to the election of George Bush, voting our presidents in has been a quintessential American ritual. Now Melder details 200 years of presidential campaigns, capturing their intensity and popularity and examining the devices candidates use to project a positive image of themselves. 200 illustrations, half in color.