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Eleanor vs. Ike / Robin Gerber.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Avon A, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 315 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780061373213 (acidfree paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 22
LOC classification:
  • PS3607.E7296 E44 2008
Summary: 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.
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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.

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