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

by Edward S. Cooper

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."...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1683930126
• ISBN13: 9781683930129
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"