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One of the Regulars
- Messages
- 117
- Location
- Hightstown, N.J.
Dead Last: The Public Memory of Warren G. Harding's Scandalous Past by Phillip Payne.
The book looks at the things that are taken as "fact" today and looks at the where these ideas came from and what is known from the actual historical records.
Often there are conflicting "facts".
Was Harding part negro or was he a supporter of the klan or neither?
Did Harding have a "love child" with a younger woman or was he sterile?
The author does not answer such questions unequivocally as there is often no clear cut answer.
Interesting read though occasionally a bit dry.
The book looks at the things that are taken as "fact" today and looks at the where these ideas came from and what is known from the actual historical records.
Often there are conflicting "facts".
Was Harding part negro or was he a supporter of the klan or neither?
Did Harding have a "love child" with a younger woman or was he sterile?
The author does not answer such questions unequivocally as there is often no clear cut answer.
Interesting read though occasionally a bit dry.