John Gizzi @johngizzi
Irwin Gellman's "Campaign of the Century" reveals how in late '50's, Adlai Stevenson's friends tried to recruit John Steinbeck to write novel about an unscrupulous politician based on Nixon. (This finally came about, but not 'til 1965 w. "The Gentleman From CA," by Niven Busch). — PolitiTweet.org