Grover Cleveland: A Study in Character
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (901 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312268831 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This distinguished leader, the only Democrat elected to the presidency between the Civil War and World War I, rose to political prominence through the ranks of mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York before his election to this nation's highest office. The only president to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms, Grover Cleveland was the only president to be married in the White House and also the first to have a child in the White House.Brodsky's engrossing work follows Grover Cleveland through hi
Brodsky's seemed to be a good alternative. I did learn a lot about Grover Eugene E Benfield So I was looking for a biography about Grover Cleveland simply because I knew next to nothing about him (other than Ma, where is my pa?, the non consecutive term, and the origin of the Baby Ruth candy bar). The classic biography on Cleveland is the one Allan Nevins, but it is expensive and long. Brodsky's seemed to be a good alternative.I did learn a lot about . "Grover Cleveland" according to pat Rick. excellent volume about America's only non consecutive 2 term presidency. Great narrative of his meteoric rise to power, his wonderful 1st presidency, his struggles between and return to power, and a disasterous 2nd term. Lots of insight into his personal feelings between and after his presidencies as to his view on the state of American affairs while not in pow. "an example of how NOT to write a biography" according to Joel S. Dudas. Cleveland's story itself is very interesting, but unfortunately this author butchers the concept of biography so badly that it interferes with the story. This is an excellent example of several things to not do when writing a biography, and serves as a great reminder for why we should appreciate the great ones when they come along. The author excessively editor
Cleveland may arguably have been the best president between Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, but that's not saying much, and this earnest if colorful biography fails to provide the kind of hard-nosed reassessment that might restore the luster to a president whose missteps severely weakened the Democratic Party for decades. From Publishers Weekly This admiring (indeed near-hagiographic) revisionist biography seeks to portray Grover ClevelandAthe only Democrat elected to the presidency between the Civil War and WWI-as a model of integrity and honor: "To compare Cleveland with our four most deplorable post-Harding presidentsANixon, Reagan, Bush, and ClintonAis to contrast a paradigm of virtue with the quintessence of duplicity." Brodsky, a historian and book critic for the Mi