1876 - (Vintage International) by Gore Vidal (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history of the United States from the Revolution to the post-World War II years.
- About the Author: Gore Vidal (1925-2012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
- 384 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
- Series Name: Vintage International
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Book Synopsis
Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history of the United States from the Revolution to the post-World War II years. With their broad canvas and large cast of fictional and historical characters, the novels in this series present a panorama of the American political and imperial experience as interpreted by one of its most worldly, knowing, and ironic observers. The centennial of the United States was celebrated with great fanfare--fireworks, exhibitions, pious calls to patriotism, and perhaps the most underhanded political machination in the country's history: the theft of the presidency from Samuel Tilden in favor of Rutherford B. Hayes. This was the Gilded Age, when robber barons held the purse strings of the nation, and the party in power was determined to stay in power. Gore Vidal's 1876 gives us the news of the day through the eyes of Charlie Schuyler, who has returned from exile to regain a lost fortune and arrange a marriage into New York society for his widowed daughter. And although Tammany Hall has faltered and Boss Tweed has fled, the effects of corruption reach deep, even into Schuyler's own family.Review Quotes
"Suspenseful and extravagantly decorated. . . . If you think politics are dirty now, you should have witnessed the goings-on a hundred years ago. . . . Impossible to resist." --Cosmopolitan "Vidal writes so well that you find yourself holding your breath over something that is a foregone conclusion. . . . Vidal's talent makes the bloated characters of Washington live in a way history books don't." --The Boston Globe
About the Author
Gore Vidal (1925-2012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, Williwaw, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the army, appeared in the spring of 1946. He wrote 23 novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over 200 essays, and a memoir.Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.22 Inches (W) x .88 Inches (D)
Weight: .63 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 384
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Historical
Series Title: Vintage International
Publisher: Vintage
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Gore Vidal
Language: English
Street Date: February 15, 2000
TCIN: 92764200
UPC: 9780375708725
Item Number (DPCI): 247-06-3452
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.63 pounds
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