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Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns
Joseph Cummins
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Description for Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns
Hardcover. Anything for a Vote chronicles more than 200 years of cheap shots and bad behaviour in presidential elections--from the 1796 contest between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to the 2012 campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 542.
A rejacketed edition of one of our fun political backlist titles, complete with a reinvigorated interior, just in time for the 2016 election. The 2016 presidential election is looming on the horizon, and you know the campaigns are going to play rough--because dirty tricks and negative campaigning are as American as apple pie. Anything for a Vote chronicles more than 200 years of cheap shots and bad behaviour in presidential elections--from the 1796 contest between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to the 2012 campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Along the way, we'll stop in: 1836 - Congressman Davy ... Read more
A rejacketed edition of one of our fun political backlist titles, complete with a reinvigorated interior, just in time for the 2016 election. The 2016 presidential election is looming on the horizon, and you know the campaigns are going to play rough--because dirty tricks and negative campaigning are as American as apple pie. Anything for a Vote chronicles more than 200 years of cheap shots and bad behaviour in presidential elections--from the 1796 contest between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to the 2012 campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Along the way, we'll stop in: 1836 - Congressman Davy ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Quirk Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, United States
ISBN
9781594748325
SKU
V9781594748325
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Joseph Cummins
Joseph Cummins is the author of several nonfiction books, including Ten Tea Parties (Quirk 2012), and one novel. Cummins has appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe and NPR's Wait, WaitDon't Tell Me!
Reviews for Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns
“Dirty tricks of the covert and the sleazy.” —New York Times Magazine “While this grimy lens can be a hilarious way to look at the history of presidential politics, it's often a sobering one as well—colored by policies of discrimination and assaults on voting rights that are still relevant today.” —Mother Jones “ . . ... Read more