The author of more than 50 non-fiction books and a leading physician, whose lifetime hobby has been the study of American Presidents, have teamed up to document an astonishing subject. This is the extraordinary story of those American Presidents who have suffered illnesses or injuries so critical they have threatened not only the man in the White House but the entire nation. Here you will find a startling behind-the-scenes story of the nation's chief executives who have been stricken—some to the point of being unable to remain on the job.
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Wilbur Cross is the author of more than 50 non-fiction books, many in the field of history. His books have been published worldwide, reaching readers of all ages.
John B. Moses, M.D., now retired, is the nation’s most knowledgeable personal curator of health facts about American Presidents and the crises that occur when they need urgent medical care. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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A unique book - what if today's health was the standard then,
By bkrutz@io-online.com (Ramona, CA (San Diego County)) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Presidential courage (Hardcover)
This is a unique book, providing valuable insights into the health of our country's chief executives. It is an interesting mixture of the bizarre - how a president had a rubber prosthesis fitted in his mouth and his wife supposedly never discovered it - to Old Hickory's forever being tomented by dysentery. It makes you wonder how many of those presidents that have been judged as truly 'great' would have been denied the highest offcie of the land had we placed their helth under the 'microscope' we place our current 'candidates' for this post. Consider what Thomas Eagleton went through in 1972 when he admitted to mental illness (successfully treated) when George McGovern selcted him for his vice-Presidential running mate.(Only a 'hearbeat' away)
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An Oldie,
This review is from: Presidential Courage (Paperback)
The web page describing this book could be more forthcoming. The book was published in 1980 and is being re-issued now. Downgraded to three stars for hiding information.
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- America's Royalty: All the Presidents' Children, Revised and Expanded by Sanford Kanter on page 87, and page 148
- Disease and Its Control: The Shaping of Modern Thought by Robert P. Hudson on page 52
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