"The President Is a Sick Man": Exploring an often forgotten tale of President Grover Cleveland

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (ET)

Philadelphia, United States


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Join author Matthew Algeo as he discusses his new 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.  Algeo previously authored Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip and The Last Team Standing.  In The President Is a Sick Man, Alego explores the secret operation that President Grover Cleveland had to remove a cancerous tumor— which now resides within the cases of the Mütter Museum! 

Speaker: Author Matthew Algeo

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (ET)

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19 South 22nd Street
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