John McDonald and the Whiskey Ring

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From Thug to Grant's Inner Circle

Edward S. Cooper

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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
28 October 2016

History of the Americas; Industrialisation & industrial history; Political corruption; Food manufacturing & related industries

The 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.

By: Edward S. Cooper
Imprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781683930129
ISBN 10: 1683930126
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 28 October 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 Books Wars Biographical Notes Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

Edward S. Cooper is author of The Brave Men of Company A: The Forty-First Ohio Volunteer Infantry (2015) and Louis Trezevant Wigfall: The Disintegration of the Union and Collapse of the Confederacy (2012).

Reviews for John McDonald and the Whiskey Ring: From Thug to Grant's Inner Circle

Unreservedly recommended for community and academic library 19th Century American History collections and supplemental studies reading lists. * Midwest Book Review *