A Secret Life_ The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland - Charles Lachman [171]
Also, Paul Toomey and Vanessa E. Higgins in Boston; Rick Moody in New Rochelle, Beverly Hermes in St. Paul, Patti Cottingham of the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the historians Dr. Mary Block and Dr. Merril Smith. The historian Barbara Bair of the Library of Congress went beyond the call of duty in guiding me through the Cleveland Collection.
In Buffalo, Karen Spencer, Archives & Special Collections, Charles B. Sears Law Library at the University of Buffalo; Jeannine A. Lee, senior law librarian, Buffalo City Court Library; and Michael Nowakowski, Erie County Clerk’s Office. Buffalo lawyers Glenn Murray, Maryann Saccomando Freedman, Courtland R. LaVallee, and Chief Judge Carl L. Bucki of the Western District of New York Bankcruptcy Court were all enormously generous.
Any errors or omissions in the writing of A Secret Life are mine alone.
Thanks to the Minnesota Historical Society for making available the correspondence between Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Marrs Simpson Whipple. Although I have cast a critical eye on the historian Allan Nevins, this relates only to his biography of Grover Cleveland. None of the conclusions in this book should diminish the great body of work in Nevins’s illustrious career. I want to acknowledge my reliance on his Cleveland biography, which, despite its flaws, remains the definitive work on President Cleveland’s life. A Secret Life should not be seen as a biography of Cleveland but, rather, as the story of the Maria Halpin scandal. Anyone wishing to explore the full, rich life of Grover Cleveland and his two presidential administrations are advised to read Nevins’s work.
Thanks to my colleagues at Inside Edition and CBS Television Distribution and Charlie Carillo, Eric Fettmann, and Lisa Sharkey for all their encouragement. I owe yet another debt of appreciation to my literary agent, the great Larry Kirshbaum, and everyone at Skyhorse Publishing, particularly Herman Graf and Jennifer McCartney.
Finally, to my wife, Nancy Glass, whose loving support through these years of research and writing were so important in the completion of this book. Her editorial eye greatly contributed to the final product. And to our children—Max, Pamela, and Sloane—for all that they mean to us.
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