| Description |
367 pages ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-354) and index. |
| Summary |
"The riveting, forgotten narrative of the most corrupt attorney general in American history and the maverick senator who stopped at nothing to take him down. Newly elected to the Senate on a promise to root out corruption, Burton "Boxcar Burt" Wheeler sets his sights on ousting Attorney General Harry Daugherty, puppet-master behind President Harding's unlikely rise to power. Daugherty is famous for doing whatever it takes to keep his boss in power, and his cozy relations with bootleggers and other scofflaws have long spawned rumors of impropriety. But when his constant companion and trusted fixer, Jess Smith, is found dead of a gunshot wound in the apartment the two men share, Daugherty is suddenly thrust into the spotlight, exposing the rot consuming theHarding administration to a shocked public"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Political corruption -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1919-1933.
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Daugherty, H. M. (Harry Micajah), 1860-1941.
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Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975.
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Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923.
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| ISBN |
9780306826139 |
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0306826135 |
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