{"product_id":"9783836562539","title":"Norman Mailer: John F. Kennedy, Superman Comes to the Supermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eOn the Verge of History\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn inside look into John F. Kennedy’s 1960 campaign for America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his Hollywood good looks, boundless enthusiasm, and mesmeric media presence, \u003cb\u003eJohn F. Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e was destined to capture the imaginations of the more than 70 million Americans who watched the nation’s first televised presidential debate. Just days after beating out Richard Nixon by the narrowest margin in history, Kennedy himself said, “It was the TV more than anything else that turned the tide.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut one man begged to differ: writer \u003cb\u003eNorman Mailer, who bragged that his pro-Kennedy treatise, “Superman Comes to the Supermarket,” had “won the election for Kennedy.”\u003c\/b\u003e The article, published in \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e magazine just weeks before polls opened, \u003cb\u003eredefined political reporting\u003c\/b\u003e with Mailer’s frank, first-person voice identifying Kennedy as the “existential hero” who could awaken the nation from its postwar slumber and conformist Eisenhower years. Both Kennedy and New Journalism had arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo commemorate the \u003cb\u003ecentennial of Kennedy’s birth\u003c\/b\u003e, TASCHEN presents this no-holds-barred portrait of Kennedy on his path to the White House alongside \u003cb\u003e300 photographs\u003c\/b\u003e that bring the campaign and the candidate’s family to life. With featured photojournalists including such illustrious talents as \u003cb\u003eCornell Capa, Henri Dauman, Jacques Lowe, Arnold Newman, Lawrence Schiller, Paul Schutzer, Stanley Tretick, Hank Walker\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eGarry Winogrand\u003c\/b\u003e, this is a \u003cb\u003efascinating visual and literary record\u003c\/b\u003e of the man who would lead America into the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037928767728,"sku":"9783836562539","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836562539_p0.jpg?v=1763759809","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836562539","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}