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Informational materials
By Farris, Scott
 * **Almost president : the men who lost the race but changed the nation**

Describes presidential candidates who ran for president and lost, but influenced American history, including Henry Clay, Barry Goldwater, Al Gore and Adlai Stevenson.

2012 IL:AD $21.26 || **Amendment XII : presidential election process**

A series of controversial essays that debate issues associated with the Twelfth Amendment and the Presidential election process, including issues concerning the electoral college and other court cases related to the Twelfth Amendment.

2009 IL:YA $29.49 || By Traister, Rebecca
 * **Big girls don't cry : the election that changed everything for American women**

A social commentary on the emergence of women, power, and feminism took center stage during the 2008 presidential campaign.

2010 IL:AD $22.15 || **Campaign comedy : political humor from Clinton to Kennedy** By Gardner, Gerald C

Political humor-from Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, Art Buchwald, Mark Russell, Bob Hope, Mort Sahl, Garry Trudeau and others.

IL:AD $43.20 || By Rossi, Ann
 * **Created equal : women campaign for the right to vote, 1840-1920**

A brief history of American women's fight for voting rights.

2005 IL:5-8 RL:5.6 $23.70 || **The disputed presidential election of 2000 : a history and reference guide** By Dover, E. D. (Edwin D.), 1946-

Provides reference tools on the controversial 2000 presidential election, including an overview, chronology, annotated bibliography, primary documents, biographies, vote totals, and discussion of the Electoral College, political and legal issues, and the election's long-term significance.

2003 IL:AD $56.16 || By Roberts, Robert North
 * **Encyclopedia of presidential campaigns, slogans, issues, and platforms**

Examines the campaigns, slogans, issues, and platforms of every United States President from George Washington to George W. Bush along with over one hundred illustrations and detailed timelines.

2004 IL:AD $89.64 || **Fellow citizens : the Penguin book of U.S. presidential addresses**

A collection of presidential inaugural addresses, from George Washington to George Bush, with an overview of each speech's historical context and impact on American history.

2008 IL:AD $17.71 || By Donaldson, Gary
 * **The first modern campaign : Kennedy, Nixon, and the election of 1960**
 * **The first modern campaign : Kennedy, Nixon, and the election of 1960**

Examines how the presidential race of 1960 became the first modern presidential campaign, thanks in large part to the role television played in the election, and explores how the media changed the dynamics of presidential politics.

2007 IL:AD $27.00 || **A funny thing happened on the way to White House : humor, blunders, and other oddities from the presidential campaign trail**

Presents humorous quotes and anecdotes from the presidential campaign trails of everyone from Harry Truman to John F. Kennedy and George Bush, gathered from speeches, interviews, press conferences, and articles.

2008 IL:AD $20.41 || By Ferguson, Rebecca N
 * **The handy history answer book**

Answers hundreds of historical questions, arranged in subject areas including exploration and settlement, war and conflict, religion, social movements, science and invention, culture and recreation, and several others, and provides a further reading list.

2006 IL:YA $22.00 || **How the president is elected** By Wagner, Heather Lehr

Explains the process by which United States presidents are elected, discussing the electoral college, party politics, campaigning, and candidacy.

2007 IL:5-8 RL:8.9 $30.05 || By Hillstrom, Laurie Collier, 1965-
 * **The Voting Rights Act of 1965**

Provides a detailed account of events that led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, including descriptions of significant milestones in the civil rights movement; contains profiles of leading individuals in the campaign; and features a selection of primary source documents.

2009 IL:YA $59.45 || **Inside the presidential debates : their improbable past and promising future** By Minow, Newton N., 1926-

Discusses the history and development of Presidential debates in the U.S., suggesting that the format is imperfect and would be improved by less formality and more spontaneous, direct communication, and urges radio and television broadcasters to provide more affordable availability to candidates and better use of the Internet.

2008 IL:AD $22.55 || By Henggeler, Paul R
 * **The Kennedy persuasion : the politics of style since JFK**

Discusses how the Kennedy image has been sustained in American politics and considers the implications of that influence, which has contributed, in part, to political campaigns that are more conscious of style than of substance.

1995 IL:AD $29.75 || **Live from the campaign trail : the greatest presidential campaign speeches of the twentieth century and how they shaped modern America** By Cohen, Michael A., 1971-

A collection of twentieth-century campaign speeches with supporting essays for each, and includes Warren Harding's "Return to normalcy," Dwight D. Eisenhower's "I shall go to Korea," Bill Clinton's "I still belive in a place called hope," and others.

2008 IL:AD $14.49 || By Larson, Edward J. (Edward John)
 * **A magnificent catastrophe : the tumultuous election of 1800, America's first presidential campaign**

Examines the presidential race of 1800 between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and the campaign that pitted key players against one another and established the two-party system. 2007 IL:AD $14.49 || **Millennial makeover : MySpace, YouTube, and the future of American politics** By Winograd, Morley

Discusses how the "Millennial generation" and their embracement of Internet-based communications technology--Myspace and YouTube--will shape the future of American culture and politics.

2008 IL:AD $27.00 || By Pomper, Gerald M
 * **The New York Times on critical elections, 1854-2008**

Collects documents, including articles, editorials, and other news pieces, from "The New York Times" archives which provide narratives and analyses of significant presidential and congressional elections from 1854 through 2008.

2010 IL:AD $49.05 || **Our country's presidents : all you need to know about the presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama** By Bausum, Ann

Contains text, color photos, and illustrations that profile each of the American presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama, and examines various facets of the presidency.

2009 IL:5-8 RL:8.9 $38.82 ||
 * **The presidential election process**

Provides varying perspectives on the presidential election process in the United States, discussing the nomination of candidates, campaign spending, media influence, and the electoral college.

2008 IL:YA $31.81 || **Selecting a President / (Fundamentals of American Government)** By Clift, Eleanor & Matthew Spieler

2012 IL:AD $20.04 || By Monroe, Judy
 * **The Susan B. Anthony women's voting rights trial : a headline court case**

Examines the efforts to gain the right for women in the United States to vote, focusing on the trial of Susan B. Anthony for illegally voting in the presidential election in 1872. 2002 IL:YA $20.00 || **U.S. election campaigns : a documentary and reference guide** By Baldino, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph)

Examines the evolution and refinement of election campaign laws in the United States.

2011 IL:AD $108.05 || By Bausum, Ann
 * **With courage and cloth : winning the fight for a woman's right to vote**

Chronicles the long history of the fight for women's voting rights, beginning in 1848, with a focus on the years between 1913 and 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, and includes profiles of notable women in the struggle. Lexile: 1080

2004 IL:5-8 RL:8.7 $35.58 || **Year of meteors : Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the election that brought on the Civil War** By Egerton, Douglas R

Chronicles the 1860 presidential race that elected Republican Abraham Lincoln over Democrat Stephen Douglas, discussing the events and key players, and describing how Lincoln was able win over more prominent members of his party and with a low percentage of the popular vote.

2010 IL:AD $29.05 ||
 * **The American presidency**

Contains articles that provide information about the life, career, and administration of each of the men to serve as U.S. president, from George Washington to Barack Obama, and includes profiles of the first ladies, as well as essays on presidential duties, the election process, the Cabinet, White House, and related topics.

2009 IL:YA $29.95 || **U.S. election campaigns a documentary and reference guide** By Baldino, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph)

Examines the evolution and refinement of election campaign laws in the United States. 2011 IL:AD $150.00 ||

Fictional materials
By Schmidt, Gary D Dewey: -Fic- Dragged into the political turmoil of a presidential election year, fourteen-year-old Cooper Jewett, who runs a New Hampshire dairy farm since his grandfather's death, stands up for himself and makes it clear whose first boy he really is. Lexile: 850 By Perkins, Mitali Dewey: -Fic- During her father's presidential campaign, sixteen-year-old Sameera Righton, who was adopted from Pakistan at the age of three, struggles with campaign staffers who want to give her a more "all-American" image and create a fake weblog in her name. Lexile: 850 By Mizner, David
 * **First boy**
 * 1) 14886V4 2005 IL:YA $12.41 || **First daughter : extreme American makeover**
 * 1) 04240W7 2007 IL:YA $5.19 ||
 * **Hartsburg, USA : a novel**

In Hartsburg, Ohio, a small town known for predicting the outcome of every presidential election since 1991, a school board race gets out of hand, pitting the town's residents against one another and gaining national recognition as a born-again Christian mother takes on a cynical atheist in a race that seems to symbolize the future of the country's government.

2007 IL:AD $25.00 || **Wide awake** By Levithan, David Dewey: -Fic- In the not-too-distant future, when a gay Jewish man is elected president of the United States, sixteen-year-old Duncan examines his feelings for his boyfriend, his political and religious beliefs, and tries to determine his rightful place in the world. Lexile: 870
 * 1) 04803W6 2006 IL:YA $5.84 ||