| A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland Contributor(s): Lachman, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1620870967 ISBN-13: 9781620870969 Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - History | United States - 19th Century - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.30 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 eventually came to take responsibility for his son is a thrilling one that reads like a sordid 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. A Secret Life also finally reveals what happened to Grover Cleveland's son. Some historians have suggested that he became an alcoholic and died a young man--but Lachman definitively establishes his fate here for the first time. In this gripping historical narrative, Charles Lachman sets the scandal-plagued record straight with a tightly-coiled plot that provides for narrative history at its best. |