Grover Cleveland

The American Presidents Series: The 22nd and 24th President, 1885-1889 and 1893-1897

By: Henry F. Graff, Arthur M. Schlesinger - editor Jr.

Narrated by: Ira Claffey

A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms.

Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American presidential history. Having run for President three times and gaining the popular vote majority each time -- despite losing the electoral college in 1892 -- Cleveland was unique in the line of nineteenth-century Chief Executives.

In this book, presidential historian Henry F. Graff revives Cleveland's fame, explaining how he fought to restore stature to the office in the wake of several weak administrations. Within these pages are the elements of a rags-to-riches story as well as an account of the political world that created American leaders before the advent of modern media.

©2002 by Henry F. Graff; (P) 2002 by Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC

Critic reviews

"In this brief, excellent volume written for Arthur Schlesinger's American Presidents series, Columbia professor emeritus Graff (The Tuesday Cabinet) picks up the often neglected Grover Cleveland, dusts him off and reminds us how substantial he was. " - Publishers Weekly

Unexceptional Book about unexceptional President

I have heard a lot of presidential biographies, and I would put this one near the bottom of my recommended list. The reason is largely because Cleveland wasn’t all that interesting despite his two nonconsecutive terms. The narrator was a monotone who didn’t seem too interested in making the story interesting to listeners and his habit of pausing before reading quoted material was irritating.