LEADER 02791nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910824537803321 005 20230725061732.0 010 $a1-56976-874-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001132677 035 $a(EBL)716183 035 $a(OCoLC)731646793 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000525019 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12231130 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525019 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10488480 035 $a(PQKB)10634234 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC716183 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL716183 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10486744 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL532386 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001132677 100 $a20101026d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe president is a sick man$b[electronic resource] $ewherein the supposedly virtuous Grover Cleveland survives a secret surgery at sea and vilifies the courageous newspaperman who dared expose the truth /$fMatthew Algeo 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cChicago Review Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-56976-350-X 311 $a1-306-01135-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aAn extraordinary yet almost unknown chapter in American history is revealed in this extensively researched expose?. 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 606 $aDepressions$y1893$zUnited States 606 $aBimetallism$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPress and politics$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1893-1897 615 0$aDepressions 615 0$aBimetallism$xHistory 615 0$aPress and politics$xHistory 676 $a973.8/7092 700 $aAlgeo$b Matthew$01595640 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824537803321 996 $aThe president is a sick man$94118267 997 $aUNINA