
A Secret Life
The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland
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Narrated by:
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Joe Barrett
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By:
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Charles Lachman
A Secret Life sets the record straight on the sex scandal that nearly took down a president.
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 unfolds 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.
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Editorial reviews
Grover Cleveland's presidency has in many ways faded into the obscurity of American history. Charles Lachman brings Cleveland's legacy into the light once again with this true story of infidelity, cover-ups, and political intrigue. Joe Barrett's entertaining performance of A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland turns history into the stuff of theater. Lachman and Barrett together tell the tale of Grover Cleveland's illegitimate child and the ruthless measures the President took to keep his secret safe.
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