Dunlap, author of First Lady biography, to appear at Asheboro library

When Frances Folsom was just 21, she married the 49-year-old President of the United States at the White House, to the music of John Philip Sousa and the Marine Band.

Now, Mrs. Grover Cleveland is the subject of Frank: The Story of Frances Folsom Cleveland, America’s Youngest First Lady by Annette Dunlap. Dunlap will appear at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 19, at the Asheboro library, for a book talk and signing.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the program is free and the public is invited.

Dunlap is a Roseboro resident and former freelance writer for The Courier-Tribune.

The book, which is the first full-length biography of Cleveland, was released on October 8 by Excelsior Editions and will receive its formal launch on November 14 at the National First Ladies Museum in Canton, OH.

Dunlap was inspired to write about Cleveland while teaching at St. Andrews College in Laurinburg, struck by the age difference in Cleveland’s relationship with the President and the larger-than-life role she assumed when she became First Lady.