More Praise For “Whistle-Stop Politics,” Now Available Wherever Books Are Sold

When FDR’s Campaign Train Got “Lost” In Ohio An example of what could go wrong when politicians campaigned by train is when New York Gov. Franklin Roosevelt’s train got “lost” in Ohio during his 1932 whistle-stop tour. Through a misunderstanding by the railroad company, FDR’s

Barack Obama’s Enthusiastic Trackside Reception Barack Obama is no stranger to whistle-stop campiagn train tours. In 2008, Obama had just finished speaking to a crowd of supporters who had traveled from miles around to greet his campaign train and listen to the impassioned

A Bomb Scare For Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln’s whistle-stop train tour from Springfield, Illinois to his inauguration in Washington, DC in 1861 was marked by several threats to the president-elect’s life. For example, after his train left Cincinnati, Ohio, a bomb was

Another Rave Review For Edward Segal’s “Whistle-Stop Politics” “In contrast to today’s divisive politics of gloves-off, dark art savagery, Segal delivers in ‘Whistle-Stop Politics’ a welcome respite, returning us to a gentler political era when better manners were more a rule

“Whistle-Stop Politics” Can Now Be Ordered At Barnes & Noble Bookstores I am pleased to share the news that my new book, “Whistle-Stop Politics,” can now be ordered at your local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Here’s what the Associated Press says about “Whistle-Stop Politics”:

Now Available Wherever Books Are Sold:

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Why The Time That FDR Spent On His Campaign Train Was Time Well Spent During his run for the White House in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt “used his time on the train to nurture his network of supporters, picking up local Democratic leaders and officials at one stop, chatting with

How FDR “Walked” Onto His Campaign Train’s Platform President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who could not walk because of polio, “loved campaigning by train, speaking from the back platform at the whistle-stops along the way,” Hugh Gregory Gallagher wrote in his book, FDR’s Splendid

Another Rave Review For “Whistle-Stop Politics” “Don’t miss this train! With political strategist/best selling author Edward Segal in the engineer’s seat, the reader is in for a hi-speed, often humorous, always historically fascinating ride over thousands of miles and more than

When Bush Was Too “Chicken” To Debate Clinton President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump quickly agreed to debate each other before the election in November. Their first debate is next Thursday. But as I recount in my new book, “Whistle-Stop Politics,” in 1992 the