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A secret life: the sex, lies, and scandals of President Grover Cleveland by Lachman, Charles is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Retail A Secret Life sets the record straight on the sex scandal that nearly took down a president. Famed as a pugnaciously honest leader, Grover Cleveland set the tone for what a politician should do when caught in scandal: Whatever you say, tell the truth. But to save himself from career-ending allegations involving a rape and violence, he lied and won election to two terms as president of the United States. Now, in this gripping work of nonfiction acclaimed author Charles Lachman reveals that Cleveland led a secret life that previous histories and biographies have overlooked. Lachmans heavily researched, engrossing work of investigative history will rewrite the way history looks at one of our most esteemed presidents. When he ran for the presidency in 1884 an election considered by many to be the dirtiest national campaign in U.S. history Grover Cleveland faced down accusations that as a young lawyer in Buffalo, New York, he fathered an illegitimate son. But the candidate and his allies successfully deflected the scandal by claiming that the woman in question, Maria Halpin, was a harlot. The Cleveland campaign argued that Grover Cleveland as the only bachelor among Halpins m
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- Author
- Lachman, Charles
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781620870969
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (209 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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