Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Race, Republicans, and region : the context for presidential tours of the South
  • Hitchhiking on the Hayes highway : the first Southern tour, 1877
  • Harrison's haggard haul : the second Southern tour, 1891
  • McKinley's methodical measures : the third Southern tour, 1898
  • The encore expedition : McKinley returns, 1901
  • Roosevelt rides roughshod : TR's Southern tour, 1905
  • Taft toils throughout : the frequent Southern campaigns, 1908-1913
  • Epilogue: Hoover's harrowing handling : the Southern speeches, 1928-1933.