Mark Shrager: 1 book
The Great Sweepstakes of 1877
A True Story of Southern Grit, Gilded Age Tycoons, and a Race That Galvanized the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In 1877 the members of the United States Senate postponed all business for the day so that they might attend a horse race—the iconic, polarizing post-Civil War event at the center of this story. The nation, still recovering from the depredations of the Civil War and the Reconstruction that followed,...
