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Informationen zum Autor Mark Stein is an author, screenwriter, and playwright. He is the author of several books, including Vice Capades: Sex, Drugs, and Bowling from the Pilgrims to the Present (Potomac Books, 2017); How the States Got Their Shapes, a New York Times best seller and the basis for the eponymous History Channel series; and American Panic: A History of Who Scares Us and Why. Klappentext Examining more than thirty unlikely presidential candidates from the past two centuries, Mark Stein reveals how fringe candidates have impacted the nation’s political landscape. Zusammenfassung ?Examining more than thirty unlikely presidential candidates from the past two centuries, Mark Stein reveals how fringe candidates have impacted the nation’s political landscape. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Before We Begin—Political Tickets, Please Part 1. Fringe Candidates in the Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries The First Fringe Candidates: “Scattered” and “Other” John Donkey: America’s First Cartoon Candidate Joseph Smith: Cult Candidate? Leonard “Live Forever” Jones: High Moral Party George Francis Train: “Spread-Eagleism” Victoria Woodhull: First Woman to Run for President James B. Walker: From Mainstream to Fringe—Anti-Masonic Party Mark Twain: First Celebrity Candidate George Edwin Taylor: First African American Candidate Part 2. Running onto the New Field of Radio and Television Will Rogers: Anti-Bunk Party Gracie Allen: Surprise Party John Maxwell: Vegetarian Party Homer Tomlinson: “King of the World” Candidate Gabriel Green: Universal Flying Saucer Party Part 3. The Earthquake of 1968 and Its Aftershocks Louis Abolafia: World Love Party Pat Paulsen: TV Comedian—STAG Party Eldridge Cleaver: Black Panther—Peace and Freedom Party Dick Gregory: TV Comedian—Freedom and Peace Party Pigasus: Yippie Candidate Aftershocks: Nobody for President Joan Jett Blakk: Queer Nation Candidate Part 4. Clowns and Quixotes Stampede the Internet and Cable TV Vermin Supreme: “Why Not the Worst?” Jonathon “The Impaler” Sharkey: Vampires Witches and Pagans Party Stephen Colbert: “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow” Frank Moore: Just Makes Sense Party Keith Russell Judd: Federal Inmate 11593-051 Roseanne Barr: First Female Serious Comedian Candidate Jimmy McMillan: Rent Is Too Damn High Party Naked Cowboy: Independent in Underpants Deez Nuts: Games with Balls Candidate Andrew Basiago: Time Travel Candidate Zoltan Istvan: Transhumanist Party In Exiting—Watch Your Step Notes Bibliography Index...
