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Macdonald, Dwight. Henry Wallace : the man and the myth. New York : The Vanguard Press, 1948. First edition. Hardback, Good, no dustjacket. Beige cloth, bumped to corners, diagonal creases to front and rear, spine sunned, with a few finger marks. Scuffing to top and base of spine. Binding strong. 187pp. Occasional pencil line in the margin, and some pencil annotation to rear pastedown, otherwise contents clean and bright. Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, farmer, and businessman who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served as the 11th U.S. secretary of agriculture and the 10th U.S. secretary of commerce. He was the nominee of the new Progressive Party in the 1948 presidential election. Roosevelt died in April 1945 and Truman succeeded him as president. Wallace continued to serve as Secretary of Commerce until September 1946, when he was fired by Truman for delivering a speech urging conciliatory policies toward the Soviet Union. Wallace and his supporters then established the nationwide Progressive Party and launched a third-party campaign for president. The Progressive platform called for conciliatory policies toward the USSR, desegregation of public schools, racial and gender equality, a national health-insurance program, and other left-wing policies. Accusations of communist influence followed, and Wallace's association with controversial Theosophist figure Nicholas Roerich undermined his campaign; he received just 2.4% of the popular vote. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1690816333863
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