19th century presidents, they're just like us! Ok, so maybe that's not exactly true, but The President Is a Sick Man tells a story of aggressive "journalists" (who, if it weren't for the whole needing subjects to sit still for minutes on end, would definitely have been paparazzi), celebrities avoidi...
I was completely engrossed in this book. I majored in political science and minored in communications, so I am fascinated by the interplay between politics and the media. This book told a fascinating story of how Grover Cleveland understood how the media's reporting of the state of his health had ...
Alego writes a fascinating account of Grover Cleveland's progress from Buffalo's defender of the everyman to friend of the nation's many tycoons, the economic circumstances surrounding his presidency's two non-consecutive terms, and, of course, the scandal of the secret operation and its ultimate pu...
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