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A secret life : the sex, lies and scandals of President Grover Cleveland / Charles Lachman.

Title
A secret life : the sex, lies and scandals of President Grover Cleveland / Charles Lachman.
Author
Lachman, Charles.
Publication
New York : Skyhorse Pub., ©2011.

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Description
xii, 481 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
The child was born on September 14, 1874, at the only hospital in Buffalo, New York, that offered maternity services for unwed mothers. It was a boy, and though he entered the world in a state of illegitimacy, a distinguished name was given to this newborn: Oscar Folsom Cleveland--the son of the future president of the United States-Grover Cleveland. The story of how the man who held the nation's highest office never took responsibility for his son is a thrilling one that reads like a romance novel-including allegations of rape, physical violence, and prostitution. The stunning lengths that Cleveland undertook to conceal what really happened the evening of his son's conception are truly astonishing-including forcing the unwed mother, Maria Halpin, into an insane asylum.
Subject
  • Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
  • Cleveland, Grover 1837-1908
  • Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
  • Cleveland, Grover
  • Presidents > United States > Biography
  • Presidents
  • Nichteheliches Kind
  • Presidents > United States > Biography
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-470) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Buffalo -- The bachelor -- Maria -- "Without my consent" -- The orphan -- Path to the presidency -- The goddess -- Stirrings of a scandal -- "A terrible tale" -- Defamed -- Finding Maria -- "A bullet through my heart" -- The affidavit -- President-elect -- Rose -- The bride -- Death of a newspaper -- The trial -- Keeper of the flame -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9781616082758
  • 1616082755
LCCN
2020475420
OCLC
  • 668194657
  • SCSB-11967017
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library