Julie M. Fenster (born November 20, 1957) is an American

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of historical articles and books focusing on 19th-century events and persons.

Biography

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'', a biography of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the

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. In 2009, she published a biography of

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's early political advisor

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, 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) *''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''.

References

External links

* The Ether Controversy: Milestone in American Medicine; review/criticism;

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on ''The Case of Abraham Lincoln'' at the

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