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Campaigning for President ReviewI first read about "Campaigning for President" in a newspaper article a few weeks ago and knew I had to get my hands on this book. Wow... all 291 pages devoted to one man's collection begun almost four decades ago, which now exceeds over one million items! Jordan Wright has set out to enlighten us about the presidential past and he has succeeded in a big way. Not surprisingly, (as the dust jacket mentions) he is in the process of creating a permanent Museum of Democracy to house these unique and valuable treasures.
"Campaigning for President" opens literally at the beginning...1789... when George Washington became president. He really never ran for office as much as he attained it, but his successors had a field day in creatively boosting their own chances while downgrading their opponents. Along the way author Wright offers hundreds of items for our viewing...Andrew Jackson's razor sharpener, William Henry Harrison's log cabin brooch, U.S. Grant's cardboard shirt collar, a Teddy Roosevelt glasses stickpin and countless buttons, paper lanterns, umbrellas and just about anything else that one could have thought of to promote their candidate. My favorite is the James A. Garfield metal nose-thumber...as the author states: "depressing a lever in the candidate's heel sprang the rude toy into action". If one thinks today's politics are at an all-time low, this book will remind you that for two hundred years, Americans have taken a less-than-high road when it comes to campaigns and their associated memorabilia.
"Campaigning for President" is well laid out and the photos are nicely reproduced. Wright's brief comments about the issues that were discussed in each election are an integral part in giving readers a perspective on that particular year. I did come across a couple of mislabeled items (in 1880 and 1884) but that in no way takes anything away from this tremendous book by Jordan Wright. I highly recommend it, especially in this highly-charged presidential election year.Campaigning for President Overview

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