Eleanor vs. Ike /
Gerber, Robin.
Eleanor vs. Ike / Robin Gerber. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Avon A, c2008. - viii, 315 p. ; 21 cm.
In this what-if novel, during the 1952 Democratic convention, Adlai Stevenson suffers a heart attack and dies on stage moments before he accepts the nomination. The popular Eleanor Roosevelt, a widow since 1945, is quickly brought in to take his place and run against Eisenhower. Her campaign rallies the support of women, unions and African-Americans, but even her own party doubts that Americans will elect a woman president, and as the campaign progresses, the Ku Klux Klan threatens to assassinate her and powerful enemies try to destroy her good name.
9780061373213 (acidfree paper)
2007034937
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 --Fiction.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969 --Fiction.
Presidents--Election--United States--1952--Fiction.
Political fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
PS3607.E7296 / E44 2008
813/.6
Eleanor vs. Ike / Robin Gerber. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Avon A, c2008. - viii, 315 p. ; 21 cm.
In this what-if novel, during the 1952 Democratic convention, Adlai Stevenson suffers a heart attack and dies on stage moments before he accepts the nomination. The popular Eleanor Roosevelt, a widow since 1945, is quickly brought in to take his place and run against Eisenhower. Her campaign rallies the support of women, unions and African-Americans, but even her own party doubts that Americans will elect a woman president, and as the campaign progresses, the Ku Klux Klan threatens to assassinate her and powerful enemies try to destroy her good name.
9780061373213 (acidfree paper)
2007034937
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 --Fiction.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969 --Fiction.
Presidents--Election--United States--1952--Fiction.
Political fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
PS3607.E7296 / E44 2008
813/.6