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An Honest President: the Life and Presidencies of Grover Cleveland Unabridged edition
H. Paul Jeffers
An Honest President: the Life and Presidencies of Grover Cleveland Unabridged edition
H. Paul Jeffers
[Read by Raymond Todd]
Today, Grover Cleveland is chiefly known as the only president to have been elected to two non-consecutive terms. But in his day, Cleveland was a renowned reformer: an enemy of political machines who joined forces with Theodore Roosevelt to fight powerful party bosses, a moralist who vetoed bills he considered blatant raids on the Treasury, and a vigorous defender of the Monroe Doctrine who resisted American imperialism.
Cleveland's career in office was plagued by scandal and a gossip-mongering press. During his first presidential bid, he was persecuted for fathering a child out of wedlock, a charge Cleveland readily admitted. At the age of forty-nine, he married his twenty-one-year-old ward, though after the nation's initial surprise, she became the most popular first lady of her day.
On his deathbed, Cleveland would sum up his career simply: ''I have tried so hard to do right.''
Medien | Hörbuch Hörbuch (CD) (Hörbuch auf CD) |
Discanzahl | 8 |
Erscheinungsdatum | 1. Mai 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9781470837297 |
Label | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
Maße | 132 × 145 × 28 mm · 249 g |
Sprache | Englisch |
Mitwirkende | Raymond Todd |
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