A Most Wicked Conspiracy: The Last Great Swindle of the Gilded Age

by Paul Starobin and Paul Starobin

Book Overview

A tale of Gilded Age corruption and greed from the frontier of Alaska to America's capital.
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 defied even the era's standard for avarice. Charismatic and shameless, he arrived in the new Alaskan territory intent on controlling gold mines and draining them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541742303
• ISBN13: 9781541742307
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"