Hats in the Ring: An Illustrated History of American Presidential Campaigns - Tapa dura

Published to coincide with the fall 2000 elections, a lively, narrative history of American presidential campaigns is complemented by more than 250 full-color and black-and-white illustrations, including leaflets, cartoons, posters, campaign buttons, and other memorabilia and includes profiles of the candidates, a look at their individual campaigns and platforms, and more. 25,000 first printing.

a suffers from a sort of intermittent fever. . . . Every fourth year there come terrible shakings, passing into the hot fit of the presidential election; then follows what physicians call 'the interval'; then the fit again."
                        --James Bryce,
The American Commonwealth, 1888
Once every four years, Americans enter into a months-long national spectacle, one with bitter battles, high drama, often hilarious blunders, and, ultimately, a victor to whom we entrust the leadership of our country. It is a process integral to the American ideals of freedom and democracy, and each election reveals a tremendous amount about where and who we are as a nation. In Hats in the Ring, Evan Cornog and Richard Whelan have created a hugely entertaining, splendidly illustrated history of every election from Washington's to Clinton's. For the first ti