A secret life
Subtitle: the sex, lies, and scandals of President Grover Cleveland
By: Charles Lachman
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 481
ISBN-13: 9781616082758
Subjects: Presidents; Biography
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 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-470) and index.
Table of contents: title: Buffalo; title: The bachelor; title: Maria; title: "Without my consent"; title: The orphan; title: Path to the presidency; title: The goddess; title: Stirrings of a scandal; title: "A terrible tale"; title: Defamed; title: Finding Maria; title: "A bullet through my heart"; title: The affidavit; title: President-elect; title: Rose; title: The bride; title: Death of a newspaper; title: The trial; title: Keeper of the flame; title: Epilogue.