![]() From political reporter of the 19th century William C Hudson comes too stories with resonant power today. Also a meeting between Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt witnessed by the same reporter. Hudson was able to witness the actions of that candidate when urged by partisans to start an extra-constitutional movement. But the reaction of one candidate, Samuel Tilden made it different. ![]() It might have meant a return to rifles, at least in some areas of the country. Now That's The Right Way to Lose an Election: 1876 is the key historical example of an election in American history so bitterly contested, with wrong committed on both sides: Democrats intimidated voters, Republicans responded by ignoring vote returns and merely claiming they won the states. This revised and expanded edition from Quirk's best-selling Secret Lives series features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the women of the White House, from Martha Washington to Melania Trump, it comes complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts. ![]()
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