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
Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 255, [7] pages. Illustrations. Cast of Characters. Sources. Bibliography. Index. Minor soiling on fep. When he's not writing his own biography in the third person, Matthew Algeo writes about unusual and interesting events in American history. His most recent book is "Abe & Fido: Lincoln's Love of Animals and the Touching Story of His Favorite Canine Companion." Algeo is also a journalist. He has reported from four continents, and his stories have appeared on some of the most popular public radio programs in the United States. In addition to reporting and writing, Algeo has held jobs as a convenience store clerk, a gas station attendant, a Halloween costume salesman, and a proofreader. He also worked in a traveling circus. On July 1, 1893, President Grover Cleveland vanished. He boarded a friend’s yacht, sailed into the calm blue waters of Long Island Sound, and--poof!--disappeared. He would not be heard from again for five days. What happened during those five days, and in the days and weeks that followed, was so incredible that, even when the truth was finally revealed, many Americans simply would not believe it. The President Is a Sick Man details an extraordinary but almost unknown chapter in American history: Grover Cleveland’s secret cancer surgery and the brazen political cover-up by a politician whose most memorable quote was “Tell the truth.” When an enterprising reporter named E. J. Edwards exposed the secret operation, Cleveland denied it and Edwards was dismissed as “a disgrace to journalism.” The facts concerning the disappearance of Grover Cleveland that summer were so well concealed that even more than a century later a full and fair account has never been published. Until now. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Grover Cleveland, Elisha Jay Edwards, Elias Benedict, Joseph Bryant, Frances Cleveland, Daniel Lamont, Ferdinand Hasbrouck, William Keen, Journalism, Robert O'Brien, Silver Purchase Act, Cover-up, Cancer, Squamous Cell
ISBN: 9781569763506
[Book #76470]
Price: $45.00