FDR's deadly secret / Steven Lomazow and Eric Fettmann.

  • Lomazow, Steven, 1948-
Date:
[2009], ©2009
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's deadly secret

Description

Re-examines the final years of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, using the evidence of medical reports and photographs to argue that the real cause of the president's death was a skin cancer that had spread to his brain.

Publication/Creation

New York, NY : PublicAffairs, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

x, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

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Contents

An orator stumbles -- Wilson's example -- Triumph over mortal matter -- Is Franklin D. Roosevelt physically fit to be President? -- A career Navy medical officer of no particular distinction -- The brown blob -- The beginning of the end -- Enter Bruenn - but when? -- Not planning for the succession -- An avalanche of rumors -- "He'll come out of it. He always does" -- Yalta -- "Did you see this thing coming?" -- The cover-up continues -- A certain narrative -- The next deadly secret.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-259) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZP (Roosevelt)
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781586487447
  • 1586487442
  • 9781586489069
  • 1586489062