Thomas Mallon

Dewey Defeats Truman (1997)

”Senator barkley and I will win this election and make these Republicans like it--don’t you forget that!”“I recommended an increase in the minimum wage. What did I get? Nothing! Absolutely nothing!”Harry S. Truman A very jubilant HarryIn 1948 the Republicans thought they had a lock on the presid...

Henry and Clara (1995)

On April 14, 1865, an engaged couple, Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris, accepted the Lincolns' last-minute invitation to join them in their box at Ford's Theatre. For the nation, the impact of that night's tragedy would be felt at once; for Henry and Clara, the denouement of their own private trag...

Fellow Travelers (2007)

Bandbox (2005)

I REALLY love Mallon!!! This is the third or fourth of his that I've read and I'm not going to stop until I've read them all. Mallon writes "historical" novels - mostly novels surrounded by a history. Bandbox takes place in 1928, Prohibition, slick men's and women's fashion magazines, the rise...

Two Moons: A Novel (2001)