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100	1		_aCooper, Edward S.
245	1	0	_aJohn Mcdonald and the Whiskey Ring : _bFrom Thug to Grant's Inner Circle.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBlue Ridge Summit : _bFairleigh Dickinson University Press, _c2016.
264		4	_c©2016.
300			_a1 online resource (209 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Story -- 2 Cape Girardeau-Sainte Genevieve-Paducah -- 3 Forts Heiman, Henry, and Donelson -- 4 Court Martial and Profiteering -- 5 Supervisor of Internal Revenue -- 6 The Fraud -- 7 The Utes -- 8 The Operation -- 9 Grant's Horses -- 10 The Unraveling -- 11 Indictments -- 12 Trials -- 13 St. Louis Jail -- 14 Grant Saves Babcock -- 15 Missouri State Penitentiary -- 16 Pardons -- 17 Domestic Troubles -- 18 Book Wars -- Biographical Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
520			_aThe 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.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aMcDonald, John, 1832-1912.
650		0	_aGrant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Friends and associates.
650		0	_aSwindlers and swindling--Missouri--Biography.
650		0	_aInternal revenue--Missouri--History--19th century.
650		0	_aWhiskey fraud--Missouri--History--19th century.
650		0	_aScandals--United States--History--19th century.
650		0	_aPolitical corruption--United States--History--19th century.
650		0	_aUnited States--Officials and employees--Biography.
650		0	_aUnited States--Politics and government--1865-1877.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aCooper, Edward S. _tJohn Mcdonald and the Whiskey Ring _dBlue Ridge Summit : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,c2016 _z9781683930129
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4729509 _zClick to View
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