NCJ Number
38720
Date Published
1976
Length
408 pages
Annotation
THE HISTORY OF CORRUPTION IN AMERICAN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT IS TRACED FROM THE KIDNAPPING OF POCAHONTAS IN 1612 BY THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF THE JAMESTOWN COLONY TO THE TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL OF THE 1920'S.
Abstract
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BOSS TWEED'S NEW YORK CITY OPERATIONS AND THE YAZOO LAND FRAUD, WHICH INVOLVED PRIMARILY MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA AS WELL AS INVESTORS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, THE 'FOUNDING FINAGLERS' CONFINES ITSELF TO CORRUPTION OF A NATIONAL NATURE (PARTLY, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, TO KEEP IT TO A MANAGEABLE LENGTH). SOME OF THE OTHER INFAMOUS EPISODES INVOLVE THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK AND PIRATES IN THE 1690'S, GEORGE WASHINGTON'S LAND ACQUISITIONS, ANDREW JACKSON, ULYSSES S. GRANT, AND WARREN HARDING.