They Also Ran; The Story of the Men who were defeated for the Presidency

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1944. Presumed later printing [copyright is 1943 but 1944 is on title page]. Hardcover. ix, [5], 389, [1] pages. Illustrated endpapers. DJ is torn at spine and back side with flap separated. Front flap nearly separated. DJ is also worn, soiled and chipped. Includes Prologue, Cast of Characters, Epilogue, Source Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Chapters cover The Press Pass; Three Time Losers!; "Judge Not!"; Generals Die in the Army; Heroes Stand Alone; Main Chance Politicos; "Governors, Pardon!"; and Honest Wall Street Lawyers. Also includes illustrations of Horace Greeley, James Middleton Cox, Henry Clay, William Jennings Bryan; Alton B. Parker; Charles Evans Hughes; Winfield Scott; John Charles Fremont; George B. McClellan; Winfield Scott Hancock; Samuel J. Tilden; Stephen A. Douglas; James G. Blaine; Lewis Cass; Horatio Seymour; Alfred E. Smith; Alfred M. Landon; John W. Davis; and Wendell L. Willkie. All source notes, quotations and references are credited at the back of the book, and may easily be found by chapter and page citation. This is the story of the nineteen men who enjoyed, or suffered, an identical fate; they were all defeated for the presidency of the United States. These stories are not told in their chronological order, but are grouped according to those analogies which give history a fascinating plot structure. Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum, July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians and intellectuals. Among the best known are Lust for Life (1934), about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), about Michelangelo. Although he was best known for his novels, Stone also wrote a number of non-fiction books. His biography of Clarence Darrow, Clarence Darrow For the Defense, about the attorney known both for his defense of thrill killers Leopold and Loeb and his defense of John T. Scopes in the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial was published in 1941. His biography Earl Warren, about the California governor and later Chief Justice of the United States, was published in 1948. His book on unsuccessful Presidential candidates was published in 1944. Stone evaluates several unsuccessful candidates for President of the United States, from the elections of 1824 through 1940. He explores their places in history (and those of their victorious opponents), and tries to assess whether or not the American people made the "right" choice in choosing another candidate for that office. Stone groups the also-rans by profession, rather than listing them in chronological order. For example, the first section assesses newspapermen Horace Greeley and James M. Cox. Coincidentally Stone happens to rate them favorably compared to the candidates who were elected: Grant and Harding. The Chicago Tribune described They Also Ran as "a fascinating and challenging book," The New York Times praised it as "a brilliant idea ... brilliantly executed" Condition: Good / poor.

Keywords: Presidential Candidates, Elections, Horace Greeley, William Jennings Bryan, Charles Evans Hughes, Winfield Scott, John Charles Fremont, George McClellan, Winfield Scott Hancock, Samuel Tilden, Stephen Douglas, James G. Blaine, Lewis Cass, Landon, Wil

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