Description
Gore Vidal's "1876" plunges readers into the heart of a nation grappling with its identity during its centennial year. Through the eyes of Charles Schuyler, an American expatriate returning after years abroad, the novel offers a sharp, often cynical, look at the Gilded Age's political corruption and social upheaval. As Schuyler navigates a landscape of fallen fortunes and ambitious schemes, he becomes entangled in the presidential campaign of Samuel Tilden, a reformer battling entrenched interests. Vidal masterfully uses Schuyler's journal to expose the moral compromises and the desperate pursuit of wealth and power that defined this pivotal era in American history.
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paperback
Vintage
Published Feb 15, 2000
384 pages
ISBN: 9780375708725
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First Published
1976
Language
eng
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