FDR's Splendid Deception (Signed)

Gallagher, Hugh Gregory

ISBN 10: 0396085210 / ISBN 13: 9780396085218

Published by Dodd Mead, 1985

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Inscribed by Hugh Gregory Gallagher on half title page. Hardcover and dust jacket. Wear/tear to jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Moderate foxing. Pages unmarked. *Autographed by author.* Hugh Gregory Gallagher (1932-2004) was an American author and disability advocate. Seller Inventory # 2105030011

Bibliographic Details

Title: FDR's Splendid Deception (Signed)

Publisher: Dodd Mead

Publication Date: 1985

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

Gallagher, Hugh Gregory, FDR's Splendid Deception

About the Author:

The author is a writer and scholar on the Washington scene. He served in the Johnson White House and as a Senate staffer. His previous books include: Black Bird Fly Away: Disabled in an Able-bodied World (Vandamere Press, 1998); By Trust Betrayed: Patients, Physicians, and the License to Kill in the Third Reich, 2nd Edition (Vandamere Press, 1995); Etok: A Story of Eskimo Power, (G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1975); and Advise and Obstruct: The Role of the United States Senate in Foreign Policy Decisions ( Delacorte, 1969), a Pulitzer Prize Nominee. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, People, Mainstream, and many other publications. He is a highly regarded and popular speaker nationwide on both disability and presidential history. He is the father of the Architectural Barriers Act, and considered to be the grandfather of the Disability Rights Act. Gallagher contracted paralytic polio in 1952. He was rehabilitated at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. He is paraplegic, uses a wheelchair, and lives in Cabin John, Maryland. In 1995 he was awarded the prestigious Henry B. Betts award in recognition of his lifelong contributions to disability thought.