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The art of the public grovel
sexual sin and public confession in America
By Bauer, Susan Wise
- ISBN
- 978-0-69113-810-7
- Publisher
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 15, 2008
Bauer (The History of the Ancient World) has revised her recent American studies Ph.D. dissertation into this readable book. Traced here are the history of the confession of sexual sins of well-known politicians and religious leaders, from Grover Cleveland, who was elected President for his first term after he refused to acknowledge his sexual wrongdoing and his child out of wedlock, to President Clinton's having the highest appr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
