FDR's Deadly Secret (Inscribed First Edition)

Fettmann, Eric; Lomazow, Steven

ISBN 10: 1586487442 / ISBN 13: 9781586487447

Published by PublicAffairs, New Yor, 2010

About this Item

New York: PublicAffairs, 2010. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, with slight wear to head and foot of spine. Publisher s original price intact on jacket flap ($25.95). Octavo, 276 pages, with index. Inscribed by co-author Steven Lomazow to the prior owner on the half-title page. "FDR s Deadly Secret" investigates the long-concealed medical history of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, arguing that he may have suffered from a fatal form of cancer misdiagnosed as hypertension. Steven Lomazow, a neurologist, and Eric Fettmann, an editorial writer, combine medical expertise and historical research to reassess Roosevelt's health and its impact on his presidency. This was their first collaborative book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FDR's Deadly Secret (Inscribed First Edition)
• Publisher: PublicAffairs, New Yor
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586487442
• ISBN 13: 9781586487447
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Presidents

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Synopsis

The death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1945 sent shock waves around the world. His lifelong physician swore that the president had always been a picture of health. Later, in 1970, Roosevelt's cardiologist admitted he had been suffering from uncontrolled hypertension and that his death—from a cerebral hemorrhage—was “a cataclysmic event waiting to happen.” But even this was a carefully constructed deceit, one that began in the 1930s and became acutely necessary as America approached war.

In this great medical detective story and narrative of a presidential cover-up, an exhaustive study of all available reports of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's health, and a comprehensive review of thousands of photographs, an intrepid physician-journalist team reveals that Roosevelt at his death suffered from melanoma, a skin cancer that had spread to his brain and abdomen. Roosevelt's condition was not only physically disabling, but also could have affected substantially his mental function and his ability to make decisions in the days when the nation was imperiled by World War II.

About the Author

Steven Lomazow, M.D. is a board-certified neurologist in practice for more than twenty-five years. He is assistant professor of neurology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, a member of the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners and former president of the Neurological Association of New Jersey. A frequent lecturer on U.S. periodical history, he is a consultant to the Freedom Forum Newseum.

Eric Fettmann is associate editorial-page editor of the New York Post, where he has spent most of his thirty-plus-year journalism career. He is the former managing editor of The Jerusalem Post and has written for New York, The Nation, National Review and USA Today. A journalism historian, he has contributed to numerous encyclopedias and has been a history consultant on documentary projects for the BBC and PBS.