Crooked : the roaring twenties tale of a corrupt attorney general, a crusading senator, and the birth of the American political scandal /
"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. Many tales from the Jazz Age reek of crime and corruption. But perhaps the era's greatest political fiasco--one that resulted in a n...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Hachette Books,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: "I'll get Daugherty"
- "Something terrible has happened"
- "What a Bolshevist really looked like"
- "Very bad news"
- "Rumors of irregularities"
- "The hardest blow of my life"
- "This Teapot Dome thing"
- "I object!"
- "Mere bagatelle"
- "Resolved"
- "The least embarrassed person here"
- "A bigger fool"
- "How secure I am"
- "Pull Wheeler off Daugherty"
- "If she can be kept quiet"
- "The peculiar nature of this inquiry"
- "A three-ring circus"
- "Partners in crime"
- "They are going to get me"
- "This base insinuation"
- "A pretty slick fellow"
- "A complete master of himself"
- "Dope to smear Wheeler"
- "Victim of a hostile welcome"
- "Rid of an unfaithful servant"
- "One of the darkest pages in American history"
- "The most damnable conspiracy"
- "The straight path to justice"
- "We anticipate contempt proceedings"
- "Young man"
- "It would be well to suspend judgement"
- "Take into custody the body of M. S. Daugherty"
- "Double crossed"
- "He did not dare"
- "Look elsewhere for leadership"
- "The usual silence"
- "He is asking Justice"
- Epilogue: "The triumph of justice".