The Making of the President 1960

Name: The Making of the President 1960
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Theodore H. White
ISBN: 9780062975690

Author: Theodore H. White

Narrator: Wayne Mitchell

Unabridged: 19 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/07/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Political Science, Political Process, Biography & Autobiography, Political Biography, History, Us History, Modern History

Synopsis

A Harper Perennial Political Classic, The Making of the President 1960 is the groundbreaking national bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the 1960 presidential campaign and the election of John F. Kennedy.The Making of the President: 1960 revolutionized the way modern presidential campaigns are reported. Reporting from within the campaign for the first time on record, White’s extensive research and access to all parties involved set the bar for campaign coverage and remains unparalleled. White conveyed, in magnificent detail and with exquisite pacing, the high-stakes drama; he painted the unforgettable, even mythic, story of JFK versus Nixon; and most of all, he imbued the nation’s presidential election process with a grandeur that later political writers have rarely matched.

About Theodore H. White

Theodore H. White (1915–1986) was an American political journalist, historian,and novelist, best known for the Making of the President series: his accounts of the1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 presidential elections, all of which are being reissued withnew forewords by Harper Perennial Political Classics. His other books include ThunderOut of China, America in Search of Itself, and In Search of History: A Personal Adventure.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on October 03, 2024

Please read to the last paragraph. My father was on this planet Earth for eight and one-half decades, and, as far as I know, he only read three books. Oh sure, he read bits and pieces of books from time to time. For example, the Bible and the textbooks he taught from, but I'm talking about books tha......more

Goodreads review by CoachJim on December 22, 2023

This is the Granddaddy of them all. Theodore H. White writes of the 1960 presidential election between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The authors of the three previous histories I read of this election took the measure of this book. It has become common to treat the author’s approach as a pro-Kenne......more

Goodreads review by ALLEN on December 01, 2019

When I first read this book in high school, in conjunction with the 1968 Presidential campaign, I was impressed. Now this winner of a 1962 Pulitzer seems brilliant but flawed, one of the stranger books I once loved. In 1960 Theodore "Teddy" White affirmed that California was one of the least corrupt......more

Goodreads review by Jonfaith on May 14, 2018

Every American election summons the individual voter to weigh the past against the future. Last Tuesday my wife worked half the day and came home. We then walked the two blocks or so to vote. Early voting allows one to go to the polls weeks in advance yet there is something uplifting about going out......more

Goodreads review by Erik on January 21, 2015

During the televised presidential debates Father let me stay up to watch. His television viewing, his subscriptions and his taking me along to attend village council meetings made me interested in politics at an early age. Thus, when it was announced that Jack Kennedy would be speaking one morning a......more