Honest John Vane

J. W. De Forest

Publish Date: 10/4/1991
Dimensions: 6 x 9
Page Count: 238 pages
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-271-00318-4

This novel deals with corruption in post-Civil War Washington. It depicts the behind-the-scenes lobbying tactics that brought scandal and political ruin to many Congressmen, especially those involved with railroad construction and misuse of public lands.

Joseph Jay Rubin, Professor of American Literature at The Pennsylvania State University, plans to continue editing and reprinting the major novels of J.W. De Forest. Another view of the post-Civil War political scene, Playing the Mischief, will follow Honest John Vane.

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