Dewey Defeats Truman: A Novel
by Mallon, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has slight wear, including edge wear, and soiling.
- ISBN 10
- 0679444254
- ISBN 13
- 9780679444251
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1997. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has slight wear, including edge wear, and soiling.. 355, [2] p. In Thomas E. Dewey's hometown of Owosso, Michigan, Jane Herrick mourns the loss of her son Arnie in World War II; Frank Sherwood keeps a 50-year-old secret; Anne Macmurray attempts to write a novel while working in the town bookstore; and Peter Cox is running for state senate while Jack Riley makes a career with the United Auto Workers. Binding all of these characters together is the Presidential election of 1948, when Dewey had a shot at the White House and the future sparkled with possibilities and positivism.
Synopsis
Thomas Mallon is the author of eight novels, including Henry and Clara , Fellow Travelers , and Watergate . He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker , The New York Times Book Review and other publications.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64141
- Title
- Dewey Defeats Truman: A Novel
- Author
- Mallon, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has slight wear, including edge wear, and soiling.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0679444254
- ISBN 13
- 9780679444251
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Thomas E. Dewey, Presidential Election, Owosso, Michigan, Anne Macmurray, United Auto Workers, Union Organizer, Lawyer
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