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Grover Cleveland

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ISBN-10: 0805069232

ISBN-13: 9780805069235

Edition: 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Henry F. Graff, Arthur M. Schlesinger

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 8/20/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Henry F. Graff is a professor emeritus of history at Columbia University, where he taught his pioneering seminar on the presidency. He is a frequent commentator on radio and television. Graff lives in New York.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. is renowned as a historian, a public intellectual, & a political activist. He served as a special assistant to President John F. Kennedy; won two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1946 for "The Age of Jackson" & in 1966 for "A Thousand Days," & in 1998 was the recipient of the National Humanities Medal. He lives in New York City.

Editor's Note
Prologue
Early Years
A Career in Buffalo
Governor of New York
The Making of a President
In the White House
Defeated for Reelection
An Interregnum
The Return to Power
End of the Road
Epilogue
Milestones
Selected Bibliography
Index