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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Grover Cleveland, the honest, principled, plain-spoken, and incorruptible twenty-second and twenty-fourth president, has largely been forgotten. His political career was a dizzying journey, rising from obscure lawyer to president of the United States in just three years. The most successful Democratic politician of his era, he came to be remembered most fondly by Republicans. Senik explores Cleveland's life and career: presiding over a transitional...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The child was born on September 14, 1874, at the only hospital in Buffalo, New York, that offered maternity services for unwed mothers. It was a boy, and though he entered the world in a state of illegitimacy, a distinguished name was given to this newborn: Oscar Folsom Cleveland. The son of the future president of the United States-Grover Cleveland. The story of how the man who held the nation's highest office eventually came to take responsibility...
10) Grover Cleveland
Author
Series
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 154 pages : portraits ; 22 cm.
Language
English
11) Grover Cleveland
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Provides comprehensive information on President Grover Cleveland and places him within his historical and cultural context. Also explored are the formative events of his times and how he responded" --Provided by publisher.
15) The edge of anarchy: the railroad barons, the Gilded Age, and the greatest labor uprising in America
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The award-winning author of Band of Giants chronicles the widespread railroad labor uprisings of 1894, sharing insights into the issues that shaped the disputes, including the rivalry between model town developer George Pullman and industrial union founder Eugene Debs.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the summer of 1893 when President Grover Cleveland disappeared for five days, covering up a surgery to remove cancer from his palate and jaw.
19) The American presidents: 1850-1900, Civil War and Reconstruction ; development of the industrial U.S
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
[Widescreen].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
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