Grover Cleveland by Henry F Graff

Grover Cleveland by Henry F Graff

A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms.

Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American presidential history. Having run for President three times and gaining the popular vote majority each time -- despite losing the electoral college in 1892 -- Cleveland was unique in the line of nineteenth-century Chief Executives.

In this book, presidential historian Henry F. Graff revives Cleveland's fame, explaining how he fought to restore stature to the office in the wake of several weak administrations. Within these pages are the elements of a rags-to-riches story as well as an account of the political world that created American leaders before the advent of modern media.

Barzun, Jacques: - The two authors of this book have had their professional career in history, JACQUES BARZUN in Modern Cultural, HENRY F. GRAFF in American Political and Diplomatic, both at Colombia University. They first collaborated in creating the course in historical method required of all first-year graduate students, and the material for it was and remains the core of The Modern Researcher. Both scholars have published widely in periodicals of specialist and general interest and each has a list of influential books to his credit. Jacques Barzun s latest is From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural History. A summing up of his lifelong studies, it stayed on the best-seller list for weeks in 2000. Henry Graff s latest almost simultaneous are a third edition of his classic compendium The Presidents: A Reference History and Grover Cleveland, a biography.

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ISBN 13	9780805069235
ISBN 10	0805069232
Title	Grover Cleveland
Author	Henry F Graff
Series	American Presidents Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	St Martin's Press
Year published	2002-08-20
Number of pages	176
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