Dewey defeats Truman : a novel / Thomas Mallon.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Mallon, Thomas, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971--Fiction.
• Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.
• Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Fiction.
• Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
• Presidents--United States--Fiction.
• Presidents.
• United States.
• Owosso (Mich.)--Fiction.

Genre:

• Biographical fiction.
• Love stories.
• Fiction.

Physical Description:

355 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [1997]

Summary:

Thomas Mallon has masterfully appropriated a jubilant legend (and famous headline) of modern American history - Harry Truman's upset victory over Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election - and built around it a midwestern Midsummer Night's Dream. Set in Dewey's Michigan hometown of Owosso, this is the captivating story of a local love triangle that manages to mirror the national election contest. Just as the voters must decide, so must Anne Macmurray choose between two suitors - the ardent UAW organizer and his polar opposite, the wealthy lawyer who's certain he will ride to state-senate victory on Republican coattails. As they weave a small-town tapestry of dreams and secrets, the people of Owosso ready themselves for the fame that is bound to shower down upon them after Dewey's sure-thing victory. But as the novel - and history - move toward election night, we watch the citizens of Owosso - in particular, Anne Macmurray and her suitors - await the outcome of the election and a rearrangement of their fates in a climax filled with suspense, chagrin, and unexpected joy.

ISBN:

0679444254

OCLC:

34943341