A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland by Charles Lachman

I picked up Charles Lachman's VERY well done book on Grover Cleveland, "A Secret Life:  The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland" not to long ago.  For a large book, it is actually a very easy and interesting read.

This book is an odd one too.  It does cover a very dark part of President Cleveland's past, and it covers it from the side of the lady who accuses Cleveland of raping her (the alleged crime occurs before Cleveland finds himself on a national stage).  A child is born, and things go down hill from there for Cleveland... and for the mom.

Lachman covers a lot about Cleveland and his career.  The author says that there are other, more definitive biographies out there on Cleveland, but this would be a great book for anyone wanting a good, general overview of Cleveland's life.  He also covers all of the major players involved in the President's career, including information about what happened to the mother of the illegitimate child, and the child himself.

Also, I think the author gives a fair account of the rest of Cleveland's life from a pretty unbiased perspective.  Charles Lachman is obviously digging up some dirt on the subject of the book (the book's title includes the phrase, "Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland"), but I felt that he was otherwise mostly just giving the facts of the life of a president.