{"product_id":"a-funny-thing-happened-on-charles-osgood-9781401322298","title":"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail","description":"Charles Osgood, one of America's favorite news personalities, offers a hilarious compendium of anecdotes from the last seventy years of presidential campaigns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With anecdotes from Harry Truman to JFK to George W. Bush, \u003ci\u003eA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House\u003c\/i\u003e captures the wit and humor of the campaign trail. Culled from speeches, interviews, press conferences, as well as articles written by and about the candidates--no source is left untapped. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Bob Dole telling reporters after a loss in the primary that \"I slept like a baby--every two hours I woke up and cried,\" and Barry Goldwater's comment that his talkative opponent Hubert Humphreys \"has been clocked at 275 words a minute with gusts up to 340,\" to Adlai Stevenson declaring that \"If I talk over the people's head, Ike must be talking under their feet,\" this is the go-to source for campaign humor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Just when America most needs a good laugh, \u003ci\u003eA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House\u003c\/i\u003e makes the seemingly endless race to the presidency a lot more fun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Osgood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1401322298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781401322298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.86w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2008 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/05\/2008","brand":"Charles Osgood","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925414740223,"sku":"9781401322298","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a4ac93cf-57cf-4de8-ae16-4cd4a608a862.jpg?v=1681077148","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-funny-thing-happened-on-charles-osgood-9781401322298","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}