Julie M. Fenster
Julie M. Fenster (born November 20, 1957) is an American author of historical articles and books focusing on nineteenth century events and personages.
She stars in a TV commercial for Cheapbooks which will be airing in early 2008. She is shown at a book signing for her work "Race of the Century".
In 2003 she won The Anesthesia Foundation’s 2003 Book/Multimedia Education Award for Ether Day.
In January 2006, she and co-author Douglas Brinkley released Parish Priest, a biography of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus. In 2009, she published a biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt's early political advisor Louis Howe, titled FDR's Shadow: Louis Howe, the Force that Shaped Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. She is the co-author of Debbie Wasserman Schultz's book For the Next Generation: A Wake-Up Call to Solving Our Nation's Problems.
Notable works
- Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It (2001)
- Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine: The Pioneers Who Risked Their Lives to Bring Medicine into the Modern Age (2003)
- Race of the Century: The Heroic True Story of the 1908 New York to Paris Auto Race (2006)
- The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President (2007)
- FDR's Shadow: Louis Howe, the Force That Shaped Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt (2009)
External links
- Julie M. Fenster web site
- The Ether Controversy: Milestone in American Medicine; review/criticism;
- Anesthesia Foundation; 2003 award/recognition;
- Fenster's web page at HarperCollins
- Interview on The Case of Abraham Lincoln at the Pritzker Military Library
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