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John McDonald and the Whiskey Ring : from thug to Grant's inner circle /
"The most flamboyant, consistently dishonest racketeer was supervisor of Internal Revenue John McDonald, whose organization defrauded the federal government of millions of dollars. When President Grant was asked why he appointed McDonald supervisor of Internal Revenue he responded, 'I was...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison :
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The story
- Cape Girardeau-Sainte Genevieve-Paducah
- Forts Heiman, Henry, and Donelson
- Court martial and profiteering
- Supervisor of Internal Revenue
- The fraud
- The Utes
- The operation
- Grant's horses
- The unraveling
- Indictments
- Trials
- St. Louis Jail
- Grant saves Babcock
- Missouri State Penitentiary
- Pardons
- Domestic troubles
- Books wars.