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Age of Betrayal is a brilliant reconsideration of America's first Gilded Age, when war-born dreams of freedom and democracy died of their impossibility. Focusing on the alliance between government and railroads forged by bribes and campaign contributions, Jack Beatty details the corruption of... read more
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- Lincoln
- Bryan
- John A. Campbell
- Samuel Miller
- Davis
- Waite
- Hayes
- Jay Gould
- Bradley
- Jackson
- Colfax
- Douglas
- Andrew Carnegie
- Grant
- Stephen Field
- Tom Watson
- Adam Smith
- Stephen J. Field
- James G. Blaine
- Taney
- Harrison
- C. Vann Woodward
- Cameron
- John D. Rockefeller
- William Mckinley
- Dana
- Eric Foner
- El Paso
- Seward
- Beckwith
- Granger
- James Garfield
- Tilden
- Andrew Johnson
- Graham
- Karl Marx
- Ogden
Setting & Locations edit
- Chicago
- New York City
- United States
- America
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- Texas
- Kansas
- Washington
- Pittsburgh
- California
- Philadelphia
- Illinois
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Pacific
- Fremont
- Georgia
- Virginia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Ohio
- Huntington
- Britain
- Galena
- Alabama
- White House
- Wall Street
- Memphis
- Harrisburg
- Missouri
- San Francisco
- New England
- Santa Clara
- Paris
- South Carolina
- North Carolina
- Europe
- Nebraska
- St. Louis
- New Jersey
- Connecticut
- Colorado
- Rhode Island
- Wisconsin
- Cincinnati
- Homestead
- Baltimore
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jack Beatty (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 1400040280
Page Count: 512
Publisher: Knopf
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 1400040280
Page Count: 512
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- Dewey: 973.8
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