Full text of ' WENDELL WILLKIE by May Mart THUon Here is a pioneering biography which has gone to the sources to tell the story of one of the most remarkable men of our time, whose idealism and personal magnetism swept him to the threshold of the White House and made him an international figure. This story of the man and his work is written with vigor, gusto and liveliness. It unfolds the life of the Indiana boy who became president of Commonwealth & Southern when barely forty, who led the crusade for free enterprise during the first two terms of the New Deal, and who took on 'The Champ' in the colorful cam- paign of 1940. There is a fascinating behind- the-scenes account of this 'campaign of ama- teurs,' in which popular enthusiasm vanquished practical politics at the Republican Convention but was inadequate to win the final battle at the polls.

From defeat, WillHe rose to a position unique in American history as leader of the loyal oppo- sition, a man who contributed signally to keep- ing the war out of politics and preserving a united front for the prosecution of the war. This account of Willkie's wartime travels for Roosevelt to England, Russia and China goes in many respects considerably beyond what Willkie recorded in One World. Wendell Willkie the lawyer, the business executive, the political crusader emerges as a man of stature and significance, seen through eyes at once realistic and sympathetic, whose influence is perhaps as active today as it was during his own lifetime. WENDELL WILLKIE 1892-1944. MARY EARHART DILLON J. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AMD NJE V YORK.

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