Charles Lachman
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 Statesâ€”Grover Cleveland. The story of how the man who held the nationâ€™s highest office eventually came to take responsibility for his son is a thrilling one that reads like a sordid romance novelâ€”including allegations of rape, physical violence, and prostitution. The stunning lengths that Cleveland undertook to conceal what really happened the evening of his sonâ€™s conception are truly astonishingâ€”including forcing the unwed mother, Maria Halpin, into an insane asylum.,A Secret Life, also finally reveals what happened to Grover Clevelandâ€™s son. Some historians have suggested that he became an alcoholic and died a young manâ€”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.
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A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland