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Author Lachman, Charles.

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

Publication Info. New York : Skyhorse Pub., [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 481 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
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.
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-470) and index.
Subject Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
History.
Nonfiction.
HISTORY -- United States -- General.
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. (OCoLC)fst00009698
Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Cleveland, Grover. (DE-588c)4089517-8
Nichteheliches Kind. (DE-588c)4042062-0
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Other Form: Print version: Lachman, Charles. Secret life. New York : Skyhorse Pub., ©2011 9781616082758 (OCoLC)668194657
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