A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781620870969)

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.

Author: Charles Lachman
ISBN-10: 1620870967
ISBN-13: 9781620870969
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2013
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.40d