From Garfield to Harding : The Success of Midwestern Front Porch Campaigns.
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- computer
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- 9781631013737
- 324.97308
- BX8695.S6 .B687 2019
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: The Search for Dignity as a Candidate: The Changing Role of Presidential Contestants in the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 1: Germans, Jubilee Singers, and Axe Men: James A. Garfield and the Original Front Porch Campaign for the Presidency -- Chapter 2: Trains, Canes, and Handshakes: Benjamin Harrison's 1888 Front Porch Campaign for the Presidency -- Chapter 3: The Pen, the Press, and the Platform: William McKinley's Fabled Front Porch Campaign -- Chapter 4: Between Canton and Marion: The Shady Stump Outshines the Comfortable Front Porch -- Chapter 5: Phonographs, Friendly Reporters, and the Final Front Porch Campaign: The Merchandizing of Warren Harding in 1920 -- Conclusion: The Stump Eclipses the Porch -- Notes -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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