A man of iron : the turbulent life and improbable presidency of Grover Cleveland
by Senik, Troy (Author)
Summary
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 Democrat... Full description
- 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".