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SUMMARY:A conversation with author Bill Shaffer
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DESCRIPTION:Join us on Zoom for a conversation with author Bill Shaffer di
 scussing his new book\, <i>The Scandalous Hamiltons</i>..\nhttps://cuyahog
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This event will be broadcast live on Zoom.
 &nbsp\;Registration and an email address are required to receive the
  link to participate. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Order your copy of&nbsp\;<st
 rong><em>The Scandalous Hamiltons</em></strong> from Mac&rsquo\;s Backs &n
 dash\; Books on Coventry: <a href="https://www.macsbacks.com/book/97808065
 42256">macsbacks.com/book/9780806542256</a></p>\n<hr />\n<p><em>About the 
 author:</em></p>\n<p><strong>Bill Shaffer</strong>&nbsp\;is the author of 
 <em>Emotion In Motion: 55 Baranger Displays</em>\, published by Vitra Desi
 gn Museum in June\, 2021. He has been published on designobserver.com and 
 the online site of Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum\, where he was a S
 mithsonian Fellow. Shaffer has also worked as a Research Assistant for Pau
 l Goldberger on his latest book\, <em>Ballpark: Baseball in The American C
 ity</em>\, and for Laura Auricchio&rsquo\;s contribution to <em>A True Fri
 end of The Cause: Lafayette and the Antislavery Movement</em>. He holds an
  M.A.\, History of Design and Curatorial Studies from Parsons\, The New Sc
 hool.</p>\n<p>His latest book&nbsp\;<em><strong>The Scandalous Hamiltons</
 strong></em> is&nbsp\;a story almost too tawdry to be true&mdash\;a con wo
 man prostitute who met the descendant of a Founding Father in a brothel\, 
 duped him into marriage using an infant purchased from a baby farm\, then 
 went to prison for stabbing the couple&rsquo\;s baby nurse&mdash\;all whil
 e in a common-law marriage with another man. The scandal surrounding Evang
 eline and Robert Ray Hamilton\, though little known today\,&nbsp\;was one 
 of the sensations of the Gilded Age\, a sordid\, gripping tale involving b
 igamy\, bribery\, sex\, and violence.</p>\n<p>As lurid details emerged\, t
 he public&rsquo\;s fascination grew&mdash\;how did a man of Hamilton&rsquo
 \;s stature become entangled with such an adventuress? Nellie Bly\, the wo
 rld-famous investigative reporter\, finagled an exclusive interview with E
 va after her conviction. Hamilton&rsquo\;s death under mysterious circumst
 ances\, a year after the stabbing\, added to the intrigue.</p>\nhttps://cu
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