They Also Ran is the title of a 1943 book by Irving Stone. Stone, a historian, evaluates several unsuccessful candidates for President of the United States in light of their places in history (and those of their victorious opponents), and attempts to assess whether or not the American people made the "right" choice in rejecting them for that office. The Chicago Tribune called They Also Ran "a fascinating and challenging book," while the New York Times praised it as "a brilliant idea . . .

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  • They Also Ran is the title of a 1943 book by Irving Stone. Stone, a historian, evaluates several unsuccessful candidates for President of the United States in light of their places in history (and those of their victorious opponents), and attempts to assess whether or not the American people made the "right" choice in rejecting them for that office. The Chicago Tribune called They Also Ran "a fascinating and challenging book," while the New York Times praised it as "a brilliant idea . . . brilliantly executed". The book inspired the Also-Ran Gallery in Norton, Kansas, a collection of black-and-white portraits of unsuccessful presidential candidates. An updated version was released in 1966, with brief analyses of the 1944 to 1964 elections.
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  • They Also Ran is the title of a 1943 book by Irving Stone. Stone, a historian, evaluates several unsuccessful candidates for President of the United States in light of their places in history (and those of their victorious opponents), and attempts to assess whether or not the American people made the "right" choice in rejecting them for that office. The Chicago Tribune called They Also Ran "a fascinating and challenging book," while the New York Times praised it as "a brilliant idea . . .
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