Reviews
"Had Grover Cleveland not existed, it would be impossible to invent him. Troy Senik has thus not invented the stolid Mr. Cleveland, but he has here provided a masterful explanation of both a president and a man complex in his stubborn simplicity." -David Pietrusza, historian and author of 1920: The Year of Six Presidents "Many of us were first introduced to this book's subject when historian Arthur Schlesinger called Jimmy Carter the most conservative Democratic president since Grover Cleveland. It was not a compliment. But it reflected a hard fact: Cleveland is not honored in the collective memory of his own party, and is dismissed by the mavens of presidential political history. Troy Senik's splendid and deeply researched book should change that. Readers will come away with admiration for Cleveland's ample possession of the very qualities that our current leaders so often lack: character, integrity, and determination to do the right thing for the country, even when it affected his popularity. He was not perfect, but was a much greater leader than has been commonly understood. This book sets things straight." -Wilfred McClay, professor of history at Hillsdale College and bestselling author of Land of Hope, "Senik delivers an entertaining and astute assessment of [Cleveland's] executive actions that explains why historians regularly rate Cleveland highly among U.S. presidents." - Booklist
