Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction

Prologue: Election Night, 1876

1. American Mecca

2. A Third-Rate Non Entity

3. Centennial Sam

4. A Hot and Critical Contest

5. It Seemed As If the Dead Had Been Raised

6. Eight Villains to Seven Patriots

Epilogue: I Still Trust the People

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author

Roy Morris, Jr., is the author of The Better Angel: Walt Whitman in the Civil War, as well as biographies of Ambrose Bierce and General Phil Sheridan. A former political correspondent, he lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Reviews

Jeff Greenfield Enough drama, melodrama, farce, and tragedy to power a dozen novels....A compelling tale for anyone even remotely interested in American political history.

Jay Winik A rip-roaring book, filled with high-stakes chicanery, low-down politics, rampant partisanship, riveting personal struggles, and lingering sectional animosities. If you thought Bush v. Gore was contentious -- read this.

The Wall Street Journal Bravely nonconformist and greatly entertaining.

Associated Press The similarities of the 1876 presidential election...to Bush vs. Gore in 2000 are extraordinary....Morris, a skilled political reporter and historian, offers a vivid backstage look into a stolen election.