Hugh Gregory Gallagher (1932–2004)

Autor von FDR's Splendid Deception: The Moving Story of Roosevelt's Massive Disability-And the Intense Efforts to Conceal It from the Public

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Werke von Hugh Gregory Gallagher

FDR's Splendid Deception: The Moving Story of Roosevelt's Massive Disability-And the Intense Efforts to Conceal It from… (1985) 101 Exemplare

By Trust Betrayed: Patients, Physicians, and the License to Kill in the Third Reich (1990) 30 Exemplare

Etok: A Story of Eskimo Power (1974) 12 Exemplare

Black Bird Fly Away: Disabled in an Able-Bodied World (1998) 10 Exemplare

Nothing to Fear: FDR in Photographs (2001) 8 Exemplare

Advise and Obstruct; the Role of the United States Senate in Foreign Policy Decisions (1969) 3 Exemplare

FDR's Splendid Deception by Hugh Gregory Gallagher (1985-04-30) (1843) 1 Exemplar

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Gebräuchlichste Namensform: Gallagher, Hugh Gregory
Geburtstag: 1932-10-18
Todestag: 2004-07-13
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: USA

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FDR's Splendid Deception von Hugh Gregory Gallagher

A fascinating and revealing story of the daily struggle Roosevelt went through to prove the country that he was able bodied and capable of leading the nation. Reading this increases one understanding and persception of the physically challenged and will inspire support for all necessary accomidations.

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MarthaL | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Nov 24, 2009 |

FDR's Splendid Deception von Hugh Gregory Gallagher

Most biographers of FDR treat his bout with polio as an episode in his life, something worthy of mention but not much more. Gallagher, himself a paraplegic polio (he prefers that term to "polio victim" or "survivor"), points out how impossible it would be for paraplegia, which affects every minute of a person's day, the attitudes of others, and a person's self-concept, not to be the central fact of Roosevelt's adult life. In fact, the myth that polio was an inconvenience that FDR overcame was a carefully nurtured construct. The author's insight makes this a uniquely perspicacious biography.… (mehr)

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muumi | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Aug 4, 2009 |

Fdr's Splendid Deception: The Moving Story of… von Hugh Gregory Gallagher

Wonderful book with great insight to the manipulations of FDR and his administration---as well as the difference of that era's media, who refused to make his handicap visible.