They Also Ran

They Also Ran by Irving Stone. Published by Doubleday Doran & Co Inc, Garden City, NY, 1943. 1st Edition (Not Stated). Hardbound Book Size 8vo. Condition: VG. Edge wear, content excellent. Orig owners name in ink on top of title page. The Story of Men Who Were Defeated for the Presidency. This is the story of the nineteen men who enjoyed, or suffered, an identical fate: they were all defeated for the presidency of the United States. The stories are not told in their chronological order but are grouped according to those analogies which give history a fascinating plot structure. The men include: Henry Clay; Lewis Cass; Winfield Scott; John Charles Fremont; Stephen A Douglas; George B McClellan; Horatio Seymour; Horace Greeley; Samuel J Tilden; Winfield Scott Hancock; James G Blaine; William Jennings Bryan; Alton B Parker; Charles Evens Hughes; James Middleton Cox, John W Davis; Alfred E Smith; Alfred M Landon; and Wendell L Willkie. 389 Pgs. Description text copyright 2005 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 10336.