The Secrets Of Internal Revenue: Exposing The Whiskey Ring, Gold Ring, And Drawback Frauds; Divulging The Systematic Pillage Of The Public Treasury And Filchings Of The Revenue; With Astounding Disclosures Of Organized Depredations, Conspiracies, And Raids On The Government And People, And Vivid Portrayals Of Official Turpitude, Malfeasance, Tyranny, And Corruption
Language: English
Published by William Flint, Philadelphia, 1870
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Condition: Used - Good
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543 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt, Yellow Endpapers. First Edition; Copyright 1869 But Felton's Preface Dated February 1870. Binding Worn, Fraying At Corners And Top And Bottom Edges, Gilt Intact But No Longer Brilliant, Hinges Tight, Pages And Plates Clean And Square, No Names Or Marks Or Stains. "When The War Ended, Freebooters And Marauders Were Compelled To Devise New Schemes To Plunder The Government And The People." A Very Detailed Account Of The Whiskey Ring And Gold Conspiracy, With Discussion Of All Sorts Of Federal "Corruption". What Is Never Discussed Is How The Federal Government As A Whole Was Largely Financed By Taxes On Alcohol And Tobacco Until Well Into The 1920'S, Making It A Ponzi Scheme Dependent Upon Ever-Increasing Alcohol And Tobacco Consumption.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Secrets Of Internal Revenue: Exposing The Whiskey Ring, Gold Ring, And Drawback Frauds; Divulging The Systematic Pillage Of The Public Treasury And Filchings Of The Revenue; With Astounding Disclosures Of Organized Depredations, Conspiracies, And Raids On The Government And People, And Vivid Portrayals Of Official Turpitude, Malfeasance, Tyranny, And Corruption
- Author
- U. S. Vidocq, Edited By Franklin Eliot Felton
- Publisher
- William Flint, Philadelphia
- Publication year
- 1870
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Illustrations, Plates, Folding Plates
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Economics and Business, Government, Politics, Law, Punishment, & Human Rights, or Lack Thereof
Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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