NAN BRITTON: PRESIDENT HARDING'S DAUGHTER, ILLEGITIMATE /SCARCE 1927 1st

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NAN BRITTON: PRESIDENT HARDING'S DAUGHTER, ILLEGITIMATE /SCARCE 1927 1st THE PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER. BY NAN BRITTON. New York: Elizabeth Ann Guild, Inc., 1927. First Edition. Scarce. A solid First Edition of this scarce and fascinating early 'kiss-and-tell' book by a woman claiming that her daughter's father was President Harding. Tere were many attempts to suppress this book. Published more than 85 years ago, this book is now out of print and quite scarce. Such a nice First Edition is not likely to come up for sale again soon on ebay. From the Text: 'I was born in Claridon, Ohio, a very small village about ten miles easy of Marion, Ohio, on November 9th, 1896. My father, a physician, was at that time practising under the supervision of his cousin, an older physician who had an established practice of long standing. My mother, who had received some of her high school training in Marion, where she had come from New Philadelphia, Ohio, to live with her maternal grandmother, was teaching a country school in Claridon when father met her. I was still a baby and my older sister Elizabeth about three when we moved to Marion, where we settled permanently. Inasmuch as this book has much to do with President Harding and myself, I may sketch briefly the friendly relations which existed early between our families: While my father was working up a practice in Claridon, Mr Harding, then in his twenties, was struggling with Marion's now well-known newspaper, The Mario Daily Star. Father, being himself somewhat of a writer, often wrote humorously to Mr. Harding of his experiences among the country-folk, and these letters were edited by Mr. Harding and published in his paper; I remember Mr. Harding's telling me how delighted he always was to recieve them. Mr Father always spoke of Mr. Harding with warmeset affection, an, later on, was one of Mr Harding's strongest advocates despite the fact that my father was a democrat. It is very likely that they developed mutual regard and affection for each other back in those days of ambitious editor and country doctor. Certainly no finer tributes could be paid any man than those which I have myself heard from Mr. Harding concerning my father. Mr. Harding's father was a physician also, and this fact may have strengthened the bond of friendship which early grew to warm regard. As far back as I can remember Dr. Harding had his office in the old Star Building, right across the hall from his editor-son. I belive it is only recently that he has disconintued active practice. I know he has passed his eighty-second birthday. My mother's attitude int he amtter of my relationship to Mr. Herding has not been conducive to discussion with her about her own early acquaintance with the Harding family, but this I know: she must have been attending high school at the same time that some of the Hardings were, because she is only a few years Abigail Harding's senior." According to Wikipedia: " The President's Daughter (1928) is a book written by Nan Britton , a native of Marion County, Ohio , USA, who claimed in the book that during a six-year relationship, she and then Senator Warren G. Harding (later the 29th President of the United States) conceived a child together in 1919. The book is considered the first popular best-selling kiss-and-tell American political autobiography published in the United States and caused a sensation when it was released.It is believed that Brittons mentor in the project, Richard Wightman, head of the Bible Corporation of America ( New York City ), where Britton was employed as a secretary, had substantial input into the book. In his book, The Strange Deaths of President Harding , Indiana University professor of History Robert H. Ferrell PhD. states that the there are similarities between phrases in The President's Daughter and Wightmans other writings, leading Ferrell to conclude that Wightman had substantial, if not complete input into the content of the book. (Britton was also named in Patricia Wightman's divorce suit against Richard Wightman in 1928.)Unable to find... read more

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