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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453783703321

Autore

Algeo Matthew

Titolo

The president is a sick man [[electronic resource] ] : wherein the supposedly virtuous Grover Cleveland survives a secret surgery at sea and vilifies the courageous newspaperman who dared expose the truth / / Matthew Algeo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Chicago Review Press, c2011

ISBN

1-56976-874-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

973.8/7092

Soggetti

Depressions - 1893 - United States

Bimetallism - United States - History - 19th century

Press and politics - United States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1893-1897

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The operation -- A rough spot -- Big Steve -- The dread disease -- Dr. Keen -- The Oneida -- The scoop -- The cover-up -- The newspaperman -- Exposed -- Liar -- Vindication -- Aftermath -- The truth (at last) -- Postmortem.

Sommario/riassunto

An extraordinary yet almost unknown chapter in American history is revealed in this extensively researched exposé. 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 was consequently dismissed as a disgrace to journalism. Twenty-four years later, one of the president's doctors finally revealed the incr