John McDonald and the Whiskey Ring: From Thug to Grant’s Inner Circle, 1st Edition eBook

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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.” McDonald organized and ran the Whiskey Ring but he always credited Grant with the initiation of the Ring declaring that the president “actually stood god-father at its christening.” The demise of the Ring rivals anything that the real or fictional Elliot Ness and his “Untouchables” ever accomplished during the prohibition era in America.

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John McDonald and the Whiskey Ring: From Thug to Grant’s Inner Circle 1st Edition is written by Edward S. Cooper and published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for John McDonald and the Whiskey Ring are 9781683939252, 1683939255 and the print ISBNs are 9781683930129, 1683930126.