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100 1 _aMasters, Nathan,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCrooked :
_bthe roaring twenties tale of a corrupt attorney general, a crusading senator, and the birth of the American political scandal /
_cNathan Masters
246 1 4 _aCrooked :
_bthe roaring '20s tale of a corrupt attorney general, a crusading senator, and the birth of the American political scandal
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bHachette Books,
_c2023.
264 4 _c©2023
300 _axi, 367 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographic references (pages 293-354) and index.
520 _a"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 nationwide scandal, a public reckoning at the Department of Justice, the rise of J. Edgar Hoover, and an Oscar-winning film--has long been lost to the annals of history. In Crooked, Nathan Masters restores this story of murderers, con artists, secret lovers, spies, bootleggers, and corrupt politicians to its full, page-turning glory. 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 the Harding administration to a shocked public. Determined to uncover the truth in the ensuing investigation, Wheeler takes the prosecutorial reins and subpoenas a rogue's gallery of witnesses--convicted felons, shady detectives, disgraced officials--to expose the attorney general's treachery and solve the riddle of Jess Smith's suspicious death. With the muckraking senator hot on his trail, Daugherty turns to his greatest weapon, the nascent Federal Bureau of Investigation, whose eager second-in-command, J. Edgar Hoover, sees opportunity amidst the chaos. Packed with political intrigue, salacious scandal, and no shortage of lessons for our modern era of political discord, Nathan Masters' thrilling historical narrative shows how this intricate web of inconceivable crookedness set the stage for the next century of American political scandals"--
_cPublisher marketing.
600 1 0 _aWheeler, Burton K.
_q(Burton Kendall),
_d1882-1975.
600 1 0 _aDaugherty, H. M.
_q(Harry Micajah),
_d1860-1941.
650 0 _aPolitical corruption
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_945082
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1919-1933.
_9325522
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1919-1933
_vBiography.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_y1919-1933.
_920973
655 7 _aTrue crime stories.
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_99557
655 7 _aNonfiction novels.
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