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Harry Truman and the 1948 Election

Harry Truman and the 1948 Election

Harry Truman and the 1948 Election

Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, October 30, 2010

A famous photo from the election of 1948 is President Truman holding up a mistakenly printed Chicago Tribune newspaper with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." Mr. Gullan speaks about his book, "The Upset That Wasn’t: Harry S. Truman & the Crucial Election of 1948."

Updated: Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 1:13am (ET)

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