Charles Lachman
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Pub. Date
2014
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English
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It was a shocking true crime that left two families shattered, and became the coldest case in U.S. history. Who really killed little Maria? The question fueled a real-life nightmare in Sycamore, Illinois in 1957. Christmas was three weeks away, and seven-year-old Maria Ridulph went out to play. Soon after, a figure emerged out of the falling snow. He was very friendly. Minutes later, Maria vanished, leaving behind an abandoned doll and footsteps...
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Most books about Abraham Lincoln end with his assassination. But that historic event is where this book begins. “The Last Lincolns” tells the largely unknown tale of the Lincoln family's fall from grace in the years and generations following the president's murder.
Far from coming together in mourning, the Lincolns became deeply divided over the widowed Mary's mental condition. In 1875, the eldest son Robert had her committed to an insane asylum....
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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...