{"product_id":"john-mcdonald-and-the-whiskey-ring-from-thug-to-grants-inner-circle-9781683930129","title":"John McDonald and the Whiskey Ring: From Thug to","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 aware that he was not an educated man, but he was a man that had seen a great deal of the world and of people, and I would not call him ignorant exactly, he was illiterate.” McDonald organized and ran the Whiskey Ring but he always credited Grant with the initiation of the Ring declaring that the president “actually stood god-father at its christening.” The demise of the Ring rivals anything that the real or fictional Elliot Ness and his “Untouchables” ever accomplished during the prohibition era in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnreservedly recommended for community and academic library 19th Century American History collections and supplemental studies reading lists. * Midwest Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Introduction   1\tThe Story  2\tCape Girardeau-Sainte Genevieve-Paducah  3\tForts Heiman, Henry, and Donelson 4\tCourt Martial and Profiteering 5\tSupervisor of Internal Revenue 6\tThe Fraud 7\tThe Utes 8\tThe Operation 9\tGrant’s Horses 10\tThe Unraveling 11 \tIndictments 12\tTrials 13\tSt. Louis Jail 14\tGrant Saves Babcock 15\tMissouri State Penitentiary 16\tPardons 17\tDomestic Troubles 18\tBooks Wars  Biographical Notes Notes Bibliography Index About the Author","brand":"Fairleigh Dickinson University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042115191127,"sku":"9781683930129","price":64.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781683930129.jpg?v=1750953054","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/john-mcdonald-and-the-whiskey-ring-from-thug-to-grants-inner-circle-9781683930129","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}