A Black Gambleras World of Liquor, Vice, and Presidential Politics: William Thomas Scott of Illinois, 1839a 1917

by Bruce L. Mouser

"As Mouser shows, Scott spent his life figuring out--and satisfying--men's interests with liquor, gambling, and women, and . . . [he] refused to be complicit in backing politicians who took him and the broader base of first-generation black voters for dupes. . . . Scott saw the political game for what it was: a game of power."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299301842
• ISBN13: 9780299301842
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"