Encore: 'Dewey Defeats Truman' Depicts Shocking Upset By 'Little Man From Missouri'
Oct 1, 2020
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In 1948, Harry S Truman looked like a sure loser. He’d inherited the presidency soon after becoming Roosevelt’s vice president, and the media quickly concluded he was in over his head. So how did this quote “little man from Missouri” pull off the political upset of the century? Author A.J. Baime talks about the election in his book, “Dewey Defeats Truman.”