‘Sex with Presidents’ author to join online talk Oct. 1
Bestselling author Eleanor Herman will join a live online discussion at 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 1, of her new book, “Sex with Presidents: The Ins and Outs of Love and Lust in the White House,” presented by the History Book Festival.
In this work, Herman, who delved into royal secrets and scandals in her previous books, turns an investigatory eye on the secret lives of leaders in her native land. She found ample material: while Americans have gained a reputation for being strait-laced, many of the nation’s most prominent politicians, such as Alexander Hamilton, Warren G. Harding, Grover Cleveland and John F. Kennedy, have been anything but puritanical.
“Sex with Presidents” revisits some of the sex scandals that have rocked the nation’s capital and shocked the public. While Americans have judged their leaders’ affairs more harshly compared to citizens of other nations, did they mostly just hate being lied to? And do they now care more about issues other than a politician’s sex life?
This Zoom event is free but registration is required. To register, go to historybookfestival.org and click on 2020 Events.
The 2020 Virtual History Book Festival is presented in cooperation with the Lewes Public Library, and sponsored by Delaware Humanities and the Lee Ann Wilkinson Group.
Biblion in Lewes and Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach have copies of “Sex with Presidents” with signed archival bookplates. The book also may be borrowed from the Lewes Public Library. To arrange for curbside pickup from the library, call 302-645-2733 or email lewes.library@gmail.com.
