First edition | |
Author | Theodore H. White |
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Subject | United States presidential election, 1960 John F. Kennedy |
Genre | Biography |
Publisher | Atheneum Publishers |
Publication date | 1961 |
Pages | 400 |
The Making of the President, 1960, written by journalist Theodore White and published by Atheneum Publishers in 1961, [1] is a book that recounts and analyzes the 1960 election in which John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States. The book won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction [2] and was the first in a series of books by White about American presidential elections. (The others are The Making of the President, 1964 (1965), The Making of the President, 1968 (1969), and The Making of the President, 1972 (1973).)
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The Making of the President, 1960 was a huge success, staying on the best-seller list for more than 40 weeks. Critics and journalists hailed it as a new way of looking at its subject. It had a huge impact on political reporting and even on American politics itself. As White noted, it was an up-close look at a leader under the pressure of circumstances. [3] Its literary-journalistic book brought a dramatic point of view on the world of politics and its strategies, victories and defeats. One chapter was devoted to detailing the reasons behind Americans' ways of voting and ways of life. [4]
White's book, and its successor volumes, inspired a trend toward campaign books and toward a more personality-driven approach to political reporting. White in later years would bemoan the changes he had helped create. [5]
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