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A Most Wicked Conspiracy - The Last Great Swindle of the Gilded Age (Hardcover)
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A Most Wicked Conspiracy - The Last Great Swindle of the Gilded Age (Hardcover)
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In the feverish, money-making age of railroad barons, political
machines, and gold rushes, corruption was the rule, not the
exception. Yet the Republican mogul 'Big Alex' McKenzie's audacity
was remarkable. Charismatic and shameless, he arrived in the
recently purchased Alaskan territory with a federal district judge
in his pocket, intent on claiming stewardship over any ambiguously
claimed gold mines and promptly draining them of all of their ore.
Working-class miners who had rushed to the frozen tundra to strike
gold were appalled at his open greed and disregard for maintaining
even the pretense of good faith. A Most Wicked Conspiracy tells the
story of McKenzie's misdeeds, the resistance of the wronged miners,
and the way the scandal captured the national spotlight -- with the
press eager to show how America's political and economic life was
in the grip of domineering, self-dealing, seemingly-untouchable
party bosses in cahoots with robber barons, Senators and even
Presidents. These events resonate well into the 21st century. At
the core is an eternal question: should the law be a tool of the
rich and the powerful for the accomplishment of their nefarious
schemes, or an impartial force for justice from which no person can
escape?
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