LEADER 03916nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910959845603321 005 20251116222051.0 010 $a1-60344-398-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000052022 035 $a(OCoLC)650019191 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10416960 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000475015 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11323343 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000475015 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10463183 035 $a(PQKB)10232434 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1267 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3037801 035 $a(BIP)15343863 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000052022 100 $a20070627d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTruman's whistle-stop campaign /$fSteven R. Goldzwig 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station $cTexas A&M University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (160 p.) 225 1 $aLibrary of presidential rhetoric 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-60344-006-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [141]-143) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Text of Harry S. Truman's Rear-Platform Remarks in Decatur, Illinois, October 12, 1948 -- Chapter 1 Setting the Political and Rhetorical Strategy, January-May 1948 -- Chapter 2 The Western Tour, June 1948 -- Chapter 3 The Democratic National Convention and the Special Session of Congress, July 1948 -- Chapter 4 The Fall Campaign Begins, September 1948 -- Chapter 5 The Fall Campaign Continues, October-November 1948 -- Chapter 6 Why Truman Won: The Rhetorical Roots of a Homespun Victory -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aFaced with the likely loss of the 1948 presidential elections, Harry S. Truman decided to do what he did best: talk straight. When Truman boarded the train to head west in June 1948, he and his campaign advisors decided to shift from prepared text to extemporaneous stump speeches. The "new Truman" emerged as a feisty, engaged speaker, brimming with ideas on policies and programs important to the common citizen. Steven R. Goldzwig engagingly chronicles the origins of Truman's "give 'em hell" image and the honing of his rhetorical delivery during his ostensibly nonpolitical train trip west, which came to be known as his "whistle-stop tour." At the time, Truman was both applauded and derided by the public, but his speeches delivered at each stop helped win him the presidency. Goldzwig's detailed look at the background of the campaign, Truman's preparations and goals, the train trip itself, and the text and tone of the speeches helps us better understand how Truman carried the 1948 election and came to represent the plainspoken "man of the people" who returns from behind to win, against all odds. 410 0$aLibrary of presidential rhetoric. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection$y1948 606 $aPresidential candidates$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aPolitical oratory$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical campaigns$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1953 615 0$aPresidents$xElection 615 0$aPresidential candidates 615 0$aPolitical oratory$xHistory 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical campaigns$xHistory 615 0$aPresidents 676 $a324.973/0918 700 $aGoldzwig$b Steven R$01869681 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959845603321 996 $aTruman's whistle-stop campaign$94477896 997 $aUNINA