Book of the Week: “The Nixon Challenge.”

I’m not sure how it hove into view originally, except that James Devine’s The Nixon Challenge is alternate history and I’m into that sort of thing. The basic premise is that a dramatic event between Election Day 1960 and Inauguration Day 1961 convinces Richard Nixon that he should, indeed, contest election results in several important states. The book is essentially an examination of Constitutional law as it refers to Presidential succession (with a certain amount of matter-of-fact observing that Kennedy-Johnson flat-out stole the election in the first place), but it’s done so in a lively style and narrative. I found it entertaining and informative; you might do likewise.

And so, adieu to The Shepherd’s Crown.

Moe Lane

PS: Come on, let’s be honest. The ballots were totally stuffed in Illinois and Texas. Everybody admits this at this point.