The mortal presidency : illness and anguish in the White House / Robert E. Gilbert.

Author/creator Gilbert, Robert E.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Fordham University Press, 1998.
Descriptionxix, 353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Presidential pathology and mortality -- The trauma of death : Calvin Coolidge -- Functioning in chains : Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Pain and duty : Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Illness at Camelot : John F. Kennedy -- Ambition and torment : Lyndon B. Johnson -- Scars in the teflon : Ronald Reagan -- Prescriptions.
Local noteLittle-308998--305131014630R
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 297-343) and index.
LCCN 97050051
ISBN0823218368 (alk. paper)
ISBN0823218376 (pbk. : alk. paper)