The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspape

by Matthew Algeo

Book Overview

An extraordinary yet almost unknown chapter in American history is revealed in this extensively researched expos . On July 1, 1893, President Grover Cleveland boarded a friend's yacht and was not heard from for five days. During that time, a team of doctors removed a cancerous tumor from the president's palate along with much of his upper jaw. When an enterprising reporter named E. J. Edwards exposed the secret operation, Cleveland denied it and Edwards...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613744560
• ISBN13: 9781613744567
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"