Whistle-stop politics and the Crestline connection
Crestline Ohio, once a rail hub, inspired the term whistle-stop used by Truman in 1948. Edward Segal explains how Taft labeled Truman’s campaign and how the phrase became a national shorthand for backward towns. A DNC push framed the remark, influencing public opinion.
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Harry S. Truman
U.S
Robert Taft
Edward Segal
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Taft
Truman
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Love Letters Come Alive A Review by Michael Sobota
Michael Sobota reviews Cindy Long’s Love Letters Come Alive a Northern Ontario memoir of Lois and Bill two Toronto lovers separated by a move to Kirkland Lake and wartime life. The collection of 37 letters from Lois to Bill 1951 1952 reveals intimate voice humour longing and a Canadian mid century life snapshot.
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Ontario
Long
Thunder Bay
Entershine Bookshop
Colbert and wife coauthor recipe cookbook Does This Taste Funny
New York Celadon Books announces Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert have written Does This Taste Funny Recipes Our Family Loves, due Sept 17. The volume features more than 100 dishes from Kin dergarten Soup to The Colbert Bump Cocktail with Lowcountry flair and family stories.
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Stephen Colbert
Celadon Books
Evie McGee Colbert
Colberts
Celadon
Stephen
Colbert
South Carolina
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