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The President Is a Sick Man : Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth, Paperback / softback Book

The President Is a Sick Man : Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth Paperback / softback

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An extraordinary yet almost unknown chapter in American history is revealed in this extensively researched exposé.

On July 1, 1893, President Grover Cleveland boarded a friend’s yacht and was not heard from for five days.

During that time, a team of doctors removed a cancerous tumor from the president’s palate along with much of his upper jaw.

When an enterprising reporter named E. J. Edwards exposed the secret operation, Cleveland denied it and Edwards was consequently dismissed as a disgrace to journalism.

Twenty-four years later, one of the president’s doctors finally revealed the incredible truth, but many Americans simply would not believe it.

After all, Grover Cleveland’s political career was built upon honesty—his most memorable quote was “Tell the truth”—so it was nearly impossible to believe he was involved in such a brazen cover-up.

This is the first full account of the disappearance of Grover Cleveland during that summer more than a century ago.

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