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Dewey Defeats Truman The 1948 Election and the Battle for America's Soul

A. J. Baime

From the On the eve of the 1948 election, America was a fractured country. Racism was rampant, foreign relations were fraught, and political parties were more divided than ever. Americans were certain that President Harry S. Truman’s political career was over. “The ballots haven’t been counted,” no...

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Mallon mentioned having written a historical novel set in 1948 titled Dewey Defeats Truman.

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I wrote a novel many years ago called Dewey Defeats Truman, which was all set during the summer and fall of 1948 in a little town in Michigan that had been Thomas E. Dewey's hometown.

— Episode: Thomas Mallon

Episode: Thomas Mallon

Mallon mentioned having written a historical novel set in 1948 titled Dewey Defeats Truman.

"

I wrote a novel many years ago called Dewey Defeats Truman, which was all set during the summer and fall of 1948 in a little town in Michigan that had been Thomas E. Dewey's hometown.

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