Farris, Scott. <br/><br/>
Almost president :  the men who lost the race but changed the nation / 
Scott Farris. 
 - Guilford, Conn. :  Lyons Press,   
 - xii, 339 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-333) and index. 
<br/><br/> The concession --  Henry Clay, 1824, 1832, 1844 --  Stephen Douglas, 1860 --  William Jennings Bryan, 1896, 1900, 1908 --  Al Smith, 1928 --  Thomas E. Dewey, 1944, 1948 --  Adlai Stevenson, 1952, 1956 --  Barry Goldwater, 1964 --  George McGovern, 1972 --  Ross Perot, 1992, 1996 --  Al Gore, John Kerry, and John McCain, 2000, 2004, 2008. 
<br/><br/> Profiles 12 men who have run for the presidency and lost, but who, even in defeat, have had a greater impact on American history than many of those who have served as president. An appendix provides briefer profiles on an additional 22 candidates. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780762763788 0762763787 9780762780969 0762780967 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Globe Pequot Pr, Attn: Cynthia Robbins Po Box 480, Guilford, CT, USA, 06437-0480, (203)4584551  SAN 201-9892 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011033001 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.<br/>Presidents--Election--History.--United States<br/>Politics and government<br/>Presidential candidates.<br/>Presidents--Election.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government.<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographies.<br/>History.<br/>Nonfiction.<br/>Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E176  / .F23 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>324.973