{"product_id":"dewey-defeats-truman-isbn-9780345805560","title":"Dewey Defeats Truman","description":"\u003cp\u003eA masterful retelling of a legend and famous headline of modern American history—Harry Truman’s upset victory over Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in Dewey’s hometown of Owosso, Michigan, this is the captivating story of a local love triangle that mirrors the national election contest. As the voters must decide between the candidates, so must Anne Macmurray choose between two suitors: an ardent United Auto Workers organizer and his polar opposite, a wealthy young Republican lawyer who’s running for the state senate. Weaving a tapestry of small-town secrets, the people of Owosso ready themselves for the fame that is bound to shower down upon them after Dewey’s “sure thing” victory. But as the novel—and history—move toward election night, we watch the townspeople, along with Anne and her suitors, have their fates rearranged in a climax filled with suspense, chagrin and unexpected joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Thomas Mallon's\u003ci\u003e Dewey Defeats Truman\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A warm, touching, and richly textured novel; a classic American movie filmed in glorious prose deluxe.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A finely textured web. . . . Like Shakespeare’s summery comedies, the novel is about love’s madness. . . . Effortlessly summons the feel of a bygone era. . . . A lovely meditation on the interplay between past and present.”\u003cbr\u003e—Jay Parini, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Charming . . . Mallon is a master of detail about a place and a time.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A beautifully written and absorbing novel, with richly drawn characters and a wealth of bubbling plots.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s fueled by a sense of period detail so strong that reading it seems at times like paging through an old high school yearbook . . . I enjoyed the wit and precision with which Mallon presents this world.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thomas Mallon is a smart, inventive, prolific writer . . . What interests him is not history per se but the way in which large events touch and alter the lives of ordinary, unknown people.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mallon’s prose is always rich and economical. . . . \u003ci\u003eDewey Defeats Truman\u003c\/i\u003e is the kind of novel that restores meaning to the present by recovering the past.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] beautifully controlled novel. . . . Mallon has so meticulously re-created a time and place that even trivial data has the force of nothing less than truth. . . . Mallon’s complicated meditation on the trials of private and public identity is beautifully fashioned. Its tale of yesteryear tells America a little bit about what it is today.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Mallon\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight novels, including \u003ci\u003eHenry and Clara\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFellow Travelers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWatergate\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003eA Novel","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302290542821,"sku":"NP9780345805560","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780345805560.jpg?v=1767725066","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/dewey-defeats-truman-isbn-9780345805560","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}