Julie M. Fenster Explained

Julie M. Fenster
Birth Date:	20 November 1957
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Julie M. Fenster (born November 20, 1957) is an American author of historical articles and books focusing on 19th-century events and persons.

Biography

She appeared in a TV commercial for Cheapbooks, which aired in early 2008. She is shown at a book signing for her work "Race of the Century."

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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)
• The Spirit of Invention: The Story of the Thinkers, Creators, and Dreamers Who Formed Our Nation. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2009.
• Jefferson's America: The Expeditions That Made a Nation. New York: Crown, 2014.

Awards

In 2003, she won The Anesthesia Foundation's 2003 Book/Multimedia Education Award for Ether Day.^{[3] [4] [5]}

External links

• The Ether Controversy: Milestone in American Medicine; review/criticism; https://www.jstor.org/stable/1559790
• Interview on The Case of Abraham Lincoln at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library

Notes and References

1. Web site: Julie M. Fenster | Penguin Random House. PenguinRandomhouse.com.
2. Book: 978-1250000996. For the Next Generation: A Wake-Up Call to Solving Our Nation's Problems. Schultz. Debbie Wasserman. Fenster. Julie M.. 15 October 2013.
3. Web site: Julie M. Fenster. HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher.
4. Web site: Julie M. Fenster | AMERICAN HERITAGE. www.americanheritage.com.
5. Web site: ASA January 2004 Newsletter. Sep 27, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927045856/http://www.asahq.org/Newsletters/2004/01_04/asaNews01_04.html. 2007-09-27.