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The Making of the President 1960

By: Theodore H. White
Narrated by: Wayne Mitchell
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A Harper Perennial Political Classic, The Making of the President 1960 is the groundbreaking national bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the 1960 presidential campaign and the election of John F. Kennedy.

The Making of the President: 1960 revolutionized the way modern presidential campaigns are reported. Reporting from within the campaign for the first time on record, White’s extensive research and access to all parties involved set the bar for campaign coverage and remains unparalleled. White conveyed, in magnificent detail and with exquisite pacing, the high-stakes drama; he painted the unforgettable, even mythic, story of JFK versus Nixon; and most of all, he imbued the nation’s presidential election process with a grandeur that later political writers have rarely matched.

Accolades & Awards

Pulitzer Prize
1962
Presidents & Heads of State Pulitzer Prize United States Politics & Government Political Science Americas Politics & Activism Biographies & Memoirs Franklin D. Roosevelt Capitalism Socialism
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Hard to concentrate on because of mispronunciations. Harkens back to the days when conventions, not primaries determined candidacies.

Mispronounced names, many names

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Theodore White set a standard for reporting in 1960 (continued to do so in 1964, 1968, and 1972 but to a lesser degree) that may never be matched again. In 1960 both campaigns gave White a degree of access that no reporter can achieve today. The detail and thought brought to life in this book is masterful.

Making of the President 1960 - Masterful

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The information was definitely interesting at times, it was rather laborious and not really insightful.

Kind of a dull reading

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This is often considered to be the finest account of a presidential election ever. It is masterful. Tainted a bit by White's hero worship of JFK and the Democratic party. Nevertheless, a good work. The narrator, however, flunks. His voice and delivery are terrible. Speeding it up doesn't help. He's mispronounces names regularly and consistently. The publisher, out of respect for the author, should have audio version redone.

Good history, horrid narrator

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In trying to puzzle out our current situation in American politics and our standing in the world, this book helps shed light on it. I have read a couple of White’s books on the making of our Presidents. They are helping me to understand how we have gotten to this point. Knowing our history and seeing how things played out sheds light on the “soup” we are in as a nation. As Han Solo liked to say in Star Wars saga, “I have a bad feeling about this.”

The United States - 64 Years After Kennedy’s Election

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