The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth
by:
Matthew Algeo (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781569768747 (1569768749)
Publish date: May 1st 2011
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Book Club,
Health,
Medical,
Politics,
American History,
Medicine,
Presidents,
Us Presidents
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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