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A most wicked conspiracy : the last great swindle of the gilded age / Paul Starobin.
Van Pelt Library HV6793.A4 S83 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Starobin, Paul, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McKenzie, Alexander, 1851-1922.
- McKenzie, Alexander.
- Crime--Alaska--Nome--History--20th century.
- Crime.
- Political corruption--Alaska--Nome--History--20th century.
- Political corruption.
- Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Nome--History--20th century.
- Gold mines and mining.
- History.
- Alaska--Nome.
- Genre:
- True crime stories.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 296 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, 2020.
- Summary:
- "A tale of Gilded Age corruption -- gold-looting, court-buying, and good old fashioned venality -- that extended from the new frontier of Alaska to the Oval Office"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Discovery
- Chapter 1 Anvil Creek p. 7
- Chapter 2 What's Yours Is Mine p. 17
- Chapter 3 "Star Mist" p. 25
- Part 2 "Alexander the Great, of the North"
- Chapter 4 "Honest, Outspoken and Reliable" p. 39
- Chapter 5 The Nome Proposition p. 53
- Chapter 6 "Where They Will Do the Most Good" p. 59
- Chapter 7 "Turning Alaska Over to the Aliens" p. 65
- Chapter 8 "But the Chain's McKinley Gold" p. 77
- Part 3 Nome, 1900
- Chapter 9 "Tents, Tents, Tents" p. 89
- Chapter 10 "Alert, Aggressive, and Busily Engaged" p. 95
- Chapter 11 Big Alex Enjoys a Meal p. 101
- Chapter 12 The Lawyers Resist p. 109
- Chapter 13 "Clean Money" p. 117
- Chapter 14 The Battle of the Beach p. 123
- Chapter 15 "We Sleep with Our Revolvers" p. 133
- Chapter 16 The Taking of Topkuk p. 141
- Chapter 17 "The McKenzie Evil" p. 147
- Part 4 Defiance
- Chapter 18 "The Law Is Supreme" p. 157
- Chapter 19 "Breakers like Race Horses" p. 167
- Chapter 20 "The Ring Is Broken" p. 171
- Chapter 21 "Stand Aside!" p. 177
- Chapter 22 "The Supreme Court Will Knock Them Out" p. 183
- Chapter 23 "The Game Is All Up" p. 191
- Part 5 Exposure
- Chapter 24 "Now Alaska Has a Scandal" p. 203
- Chapter 25 "High-Handed and Grossly Illegal" p. 213
- Chapter 26 "I Will Go to the President" p. 219
- Chapter 27 "The Accident in the Elevator" p. 227
- Chapter 28 "A Free Man Again" p. 237.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781541742307
- 1541742303
- OCLC:
- 1117628101
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