NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Fiction is catching up with reality! The July 4th publication of 1ST WOMAN PRESIDENT presents the tale of a medical doctor-helicopter pilot in the Gulf War who is elected to Congress and years later suddenly catches "Presidential fever." She dislikes how the U.S. is run and decides to act on it personally. Unlike all the male candidates, she has a touch of beauty, major wealth to back her race, and a careful, realistic "Women's Power" plank in her political platform.
Fulfilling the desire of millions of American women who believe that the White House can be as easily operated by either sex, this novel in high literary style depicts her transformation. From just another jilted woman and young barrio-hospital doctor, she rises in the U.S. Army and in her own self-esteem and is elected to Congress. With the help of her redeemed college-days ex-lover and now personal "guru", she embarks upon a sophisticated, high-tech race for America's equivalent of the "royal throne."
"The first great woman of the Third Millennium is Martha M. Stetson: my schoolmate, my friend, my lover, my client... the woman who would not marry me..." These are the confessional opening lines of the novel, written by Stephen O. Hero. There may be contemporary political overtones embedded in the strategies employed by this author, a wily DC-insider in promoting her campaign. Together with her lover -- and with the tremendous talent of her military and political allies -- the candidate ramrods her way through the adventures of the whole election process and on Election Day awaits the nation's verdict -- Yes or No!
Who is she? Dr. Stetson comes from a line of Midwestern doctors. One generation got richer than the other through clever, "barely legal" dealings in real estate, Prohibition liquor, hot new issues, "rigged" stocks and commodities futures that generated substantial riches. In contrast, "Major Stetson" focused on a military medical practice and let her Wall Street experts continue her wealth accumulation. While she was flying combat missions over Kuwait or taking care of poor patients in Spanish Harlem, her Chicago adviser (and bank president) lost half of her very sizable fortune. Those two vacillating lovers had an embezzlement settlement showdown at the N.Y. Stock Exchange right before the 9/11 Tragedy, nearby. He was killed. She survived. To help dozens of the orphaned children of the victims at the World Trade Center and elsewhere, Martha Stetson sets up a series of 9/11 college scholarships. That terrorist act also decisively motivated her to reach for the greatest challenge ever taken in the U.S. by a woman: The Presidency.
About the Author
Stephen O. Hero has wide experience in Wall Street and political journalism. He was an eyewitness to the WTC destruction of 9/11. He has published two histories.
1st WOMAN PRESIDENT * by Stephen O. Hero
Publication Date: November 8, 2007
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