Henry F. Graff (1921–2020)
Autor de Grover Cleveland
Sobre El Autor
Henry F. Graff is a professor emeritus of history at Columbia University, where he taught his pioneering seminar on the presidency. He is a frequent commentator on radio and television. Graff lives in New York.
Nota de desambiguación:
(eng) Henry F. Graff was the consulting editor for Time Inc. The actual author of each of the volumes was listed on the title page (as for example in the LIFE History of the United States).
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Obras de Henry F. Graff
Inaugural addresses of the presidents of the United States from W.H. Taft to G.W. Bush (2005) 60 copias
The Tuesday Cabinet; deliberation and decision on peace and war under Lyndon B. Johnson, (1970) 8 copias
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States From W. H. Taft to G. W. Bush / The Life of Olaudah Equinao… (2004) — Editor — 2 copias
A History of the Presidency: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's Presidents: A Reference History (2002) 2 copias
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Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1921-08-11
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2020-04-07
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- COVID-19
- Lugares de residencia
- Scarsdale, New York, USA
- Educación
- Columbia University (PhD)
City University of New York (City College)
George Washington High School - Ocupaciones
- professor (American History)
non-fiction author
historian
biographer
editor - Organizaciones
- Columbia University
Time Inc.
The New York Times Book Review
City University of New York
United States Army (WWII) - Aviso de desambiguación
- Henry F. Graff was the consulting editor for Time Inc. The actual author of each of the volumes was listed on the title page (as for example in the LIFE History of the United States).
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- Obras
- 25
- También por
- 2
- Miembros
- 1,173
- Popularidad
- #21,939
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 12
- ISBNs
- 39
- Idiomas
- 1
I wouldn’t recommend the American Presidents series for Presidents such as Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, either Roosevelt or most of the Presidents in the 20th century. However, for many of the 19th century Presidents, 200 pages of material will contain about all the material you need to know about Presidents such as Cleveland, Harrison, Tyler, Buchanan, Arthur, Garfield, Van Buren, Fillmore, Hayes, etc.
And while many of the above referenced biographies extend to 200 pages, this biography of Grover Cleveland checks in at only 135 pages. This is far too cursory a treatment for a President that served two, full, non-consecutive terms. This extreme brevity and simplicity render this the most unsatisfactory of all the American Presidents biographies I have read.
Cleveland enjoyed a meteoric rise in Democrat Party politics, serving as Mayor of Buffalo, then Governor of New York in the two short years before his party’s nomination for President. He became the first Democrat to be elected post-Civil War and despite losing the electoral college in his bid for re-election, ended up winning the popular vote in three consecutive presidential elections, becoming the only man to serve non-consecutive presidential terms.
While Cleveland is a perfectly suitable President for a relatively short biography, this 135 page treatment is a poor effort.… (más)