WHEN THE CHEERING STOPPED,WOODROW WILSON LAST YEARS '64

WHEN THE CHEERING STOPPED

THE LAST YEARS OF WOODROW WILSON

ILLUSTRATED WITH 16 PHOTOGRAPHS

BY

GENE SMITH

INTRODUCTION BY ALLAN NEVINS

WILLIAM MORROW AND COMPANY

NEW YORK

1964

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"THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF WOODROW WILSON'S LAST YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND AFTER, AND THE PART PLAYED BY HIS WIFE WHEN THE NATION WAS WITHOUT A PRESIDENT ABLE TO PERFORM HIS DUTIES."

"IN THE HOT SEPTEMBER OF 1919, PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON, HIS WIFE (THE SECOND MRS. WILSON), HIS PHYSICIAN DR. CARY GRAYSON, AND HIS SECRETARY JOSEPH TUMULTY BOARDED THE PRIVATE RAILROAD CAR THAT WOULD CARRY THEM FROM WASHINGTON TO CALIFORNIA ON A SPEAKING CRUSADE DESIGNED TO PERSUADE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THEIR COUNTRY MUST JOIN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.  WILSON WAS A MAN PAST SIXTY, EXHAUSTED BY A WORLD WAR AND MONTHS OF WRANGLING OVER A TREATY FOR PEACE.  BUT  HE WENT AMONG HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN, CRYING ALOUD IN A STEADILY HOARSENING VOICE THAT UNLESS THE UNITED STATES EMBRACED THIS LEAGUE A TERRIBLE SECOND WORLD WAR WOULD ENSURE.  SUDDENLY AND MYSTERIOUSLY THE TRIP WAS CUT SHORT.  ONLY WILDON'S INTIMATES KNEW THAT HE HAS SUFFERED A THROMBOSIS AND THAT WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE HE SUFFERED A SECOND ATTACK."

"SO BEGIN THE LONG SEVENTEEN MONTHS WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WAS COMPLETELY ISOLATED FROM THE WORLD BY HIS WIFE AND HIS DOCTOR.  NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO SEE HIM.  SENATORS, CABINET OFFICERS, THE VICE PRESIDENT ALL WERE LEFT INT HE DARK AND THE PRESIDENT'S ORDERS WERE SCRIBBLED IN HIS WIFE'S HANDWRITING.  THE REVELATION OF WHAT ACTUALLY  HAPPENED IN THE WHITE HOUSE DURING THIS PERIOD AND WHAT WS TO FOLLOW MAKE WHEN THE CHEERING STOPPED A UNIQUE BOOK AND ONE THAT WILL TOUCH THE HEART. "UNQUESTIONABLY, TOO" SAYS ALLAN NEVINS, "THIS BOOK WILL CONFIRM STUDENTS IN THEIR BELIEF THAT THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE ARMED AGAINST THE RECURRENCE OF SUCH A LAPSE IN EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY AS THAT HERE TRACED."

"IT WAS DURING THESE MONTHS THAT THE SENATE DECREED THERE WOULD BE NO AMERICAN ENTRANCE INTO THE LEAGUE.  AT THE END OF HIS TERM WILSON LEFT THE PRESIDENCY SEEMINGLY A BROKEN, BITTER AND DEFEATED MAN, WITH ONLY THE MEMORY OF A NATION'S CHEERS."

"BUT THESE TWILIGHT YEARS REVEAL AN AMAZING CLIMAX TO THE WILSON STORY. CROWDS STARTED TO GATHER DAILY IN FRONT OF HIS HOME ON S STREET, WASHINGTON.  THERE BEGAN THE ADULATION THAT HAS NOW PLACED WILSON AMONG THE TRULY GREAT PRESIDENTS.  IT IS THIS STORY AND THE DEVOTION SHOWN TO A DYING MAN BY HIS WIFE THAT MAKE WHEN THE CHEERING STOPPED A BOOK THAT WILL BE LONG REMEMBERED, CHERISHED AND ADMIRED."

THIS IS A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK WITH THE USUAL MARKINGS.  THE BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION.  THE DUSTJACKET IS COMPLETE, HOWEVER, LIGHTLY SOILED, WITH EDGE CREASES, SMALL RIPS AND PIECES MISSING.  THE COVER IS LIGHTLY SOILED, EDGES AND CORNERS GENTLY BUMPED AND SCRAPED.  THE BINDING IS TIGHT AND ALL PAGES CLEAN AND INTACT. A NICE COPY WITH 307 PAGES.