Mario Cuomo: The Myth and the Man

by George J. Marlin

Book Overview

Among all the fifty-six men who have served as New York's governor, none was more complicated, self-righteous, pugilistic, and exasperating than Mario Cuomo.

As governor, Mario Cuomo is remembered most for his advocacy of the "personally-opposed-but" position on abortion that led to confrontations with Catholic Church hierarchy, and for dithering about his presidential ambitions, that led the media to dub him the "Hamlet on the Hudson." His...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587315076
• ISBN13: 9781587315077
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"