Edward Segal, the nation's leading authority on the history of campaign trains in American politics, is now available for interviews about his forthcoming book, Whistle-Stop Politics: Campaign Trains and the Reporters Who Covered Them.
The topics he can discuss include the following:
- The pivotal role campaign trains played in American elections and how politicians and voters benefitted from campaign train tours
- The role campaign trains could play in the 2024 election and beyond.
- How campaign trains have been backdrop of political drama, intrigue, humor, and triumph for more than 185 years.
- Fascinating and humorous anecdotes about some of the hundreds pf politicians who have campaigned by train including Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lady Bird Johnson
- What life was like for the reporters who covered whistle-stopping politicians.
- The pros and cons of campaigning by train and how the tactic evolved over time
Contact Segal at campaigntrains@gmail,com or visit WhistleStopPolitics.com.
About Edward Segal
Segal is one of the few people who has planned a modern-day whistle-stop campaign train tour and served as a campaign manager, press secretary, and aide to Democratic and Republican presidential and congressional candidates.
About The Book
Whistle-Stop Politics explores the pivotal role campaign trains played in American elections and the riveting stories documented by the reporters who traveled with hundreds of whistle-stopping politicians, including Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan.
For more than 185 years, these campaign trains were the backdrop of political drama, intrigue, humor, and triumph; an American invention that enabled politicians to connect with as many voters as possible in the country's largest cities and smallest towns.
Campaign trains are still important to politicians as backdrops for photo ops that attract the attention of the media. In their expanded role as "eye candy," the trains fulfill their original purpose: helping politicians reach and communicate with as many people as possible. The tactic was so effective that it's been copied in Australia, Canada, Egypt, Germany, and Great Britain.
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