The Ohio Gang: The World of Warren G. Harding
by Charles L. Mee, Jr
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0871313405
- ISBN 13
- 9780871313409
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: M. Evans and Company, 1981 M. Evans and Company, New York. 1981. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bump to head, small nick on the top of the front board. DJ: Very Good -; NOT Price Clipped ($14.95); closed tears at top and bottom of rear panel; light bumping to head and tail; light rubbing to panels. Beige paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine; bright silver and red lettering on the spine. Clean internals. 248 pp 8vo. When Warren G. Harding came to Washington in 1920 he brought along a bunch of political chums from Ohio who pull all kinds of illegalities in the midst of Harding's whiskey, cigars, and poker White House nights. An entertaining and immensely readable encapsulation of democracy American-style, this is an historical tour de force in which the presidency is seen as a traveling medicine show. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015106
- Title
- The Ohio Gang: The World of Warren G. Harding
- Author
- Charles L. Mee, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0871313405
- ISBN 13
- 9780871313409
- Publisher
- M. Evans and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Warren G. Harding, U.S. President, The Ohio Gang, Political corruption, Corrupt President, mistress, Harry Daugherty, Teapot Dome, poker, selling influence, Nan Britton, Albert Bacon Fall, Jess Smith,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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