03421nam 2200577 450 991079872310332120160817081946.01-68393-012-61-68393-013-4(CKB)3710000000894161(PQKBManifestationID)16552375(PQKBWorkID)15070910(PQKB)25181549(MiAaPQ)EBC4729509(EXLCZ)99371000000089416120161109h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrJohn McDonald and the Whiskey Ring from thug to Grant's inner circle /Edward S. CooperMadison, [Wisconsin] ;Teaneck, [New Jersey] :Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,2017.©20171 online resource (209 pages) illustrations, portraitBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: MonographPrint version: Cooper, Edward S., 1939- John McDonald and the Whiskey Ring : from thug to Grant's inner circle. Madison, [Wisconsin] ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2017 xi, 195 pages 9781683930129 2016034926 Includes bibliographical references and index.The story -- Cape Girardeau-Sainte Genevieve-Paducah -- Forts Heiman, Henry, and Donelson -- Court martial and profiteering -- Supervisor of Internal Revenue -- The fraud -- The Utes -- The operation -- Grant's horses -- The unraveling -- Indictments -- Trials -- St. Louis Jail -- Grant saves Babcock -- Missouri State Penitentiary -- Pardons -- Domestic troubles -- Books wars."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"--Provided by publisher.Swindlers and swindlingMissouriBiographyInternal revenueMissouriHistory19th centuryWhiskey fraudsMissouriHistory19th centuryScandalsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPolitical corruptionUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesOfficials and employeesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government1865-1877Swindlers and swindlingInternal revenueHistoryWhiskey fraudsHistoryScandalsHistoryPolitical corruptionHistory364.1/338092Cooper Edward S.1939-1492372MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798723103321John McDonald and the Whiskey Ring3760052UNINA