A man of iron : the turbulent life and improbable presidency of Grover Cleveland

Summary: "A long-overdue biography of Grover Cleveland, the honest, principled, plain-spoken, and incorruptible twenty-second and twenty-fourth president whose country has largely forgotten him"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781982140748
ISBN: 1982140747
ISBN: 9781982140779
ISBN: 1982140771
ISBN: 9781982140786
Physical Description: print
xvi, 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Threshold Editions, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-353) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: A Man of Iron -- He Did Not Shine -- Buffalo Gals -- The Hangman -- His Obstinacy, Grover of Buffalo -- Ugly Honest -- "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion" -- The Meanest Man in the World -- Points West -- Grover, At Ease -- Turned Out -- Interregnum -- The Crash -- How Weak the Strongest Man -- The Moralist Abroad -- In Due Time -- Paths Unknown -- Afterword: "Someday, I'll Be Better Remembered".