Grover cleveland biography book

[Updated Oct 2022]

When I first reached Grover Cleveland on this journey about three weeks ago I only had two biographies of this two-term president in my possession.

I ended the month with five.

As I worked through the biographies of his predecessor, Chester Arthur, several of you were kind enough to suggest biographies I must read before moving past Cleveland. And although I was skeptical that Santa’s media mail elves could deliver three freshly-ordered biographies quickly enough, they arrived with time to spare.

And thank goodness!

Because what better way could there be to spend the holiday season than curled up with a good Grover Cleveland biography?

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* I began with Allan Nevins’s “Grover Cleveland: A Study in Courage.” Published in 1932, this remains the definitive biography of Cleveland.

It is occasionally criticized for placing Cleveland on a pedestal. But while it is certainly somewhat partisan it is