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September 24, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Comments Off
A Five Days in Philadelphia – A Book Review
- By Warner Todd Huston
The story of how Wendell Wilkie became the 1940 Republican candidate for President as FDR ran for an unprecedented third term is not one told often and mores the pity, really. It was an interesting time, one that author Charles Peters relates to us in an easy to read conversational manner. His folksy style causes one to imagine himself listening to a favorite next door neighbor or kindly grandfather tell an engrossing tale of yesteryear.
The story of one of the last exciting Party conventions in US history is an interesting tale but, unfortunately, I found author Peters not wholly up to the task. Perhaps I am too used to more ponderous historical tomes but Peters’ more journalistic and colloquial style just didn’t satisfy. And, folksy manner aside, he did not present a solidly convincing argument to support his thesis……….
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