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A rural sheriff’s rise to power collides with politics, passion, and peril in a sweeping, darkly comic novel of a restless era.
In a small Illinois town where streets run muddy and gossip flows as freely as whiskey, a man named Shacklett climbs from sheriff to power player. This edition traces his complicated world—where loyalty, love, and law bend under the pressure of ambition and the manipulation of lawmakers. The story blends sharp social detail with a probing look at how politics can twist a town, a state, and a life. It welcomes readers into a portrait of a man who weighs his own demons against the shadows cast by those who crave influence.
The narrative moves through public rooms and back alleys alike, pairing local color with a larger game of money, votes, and risk. It examines how personal and public battles intersect, often with morally gray outcomes, and touches on themes of heredity, community memory, and the price of power. The book invites reflection on character, choice, and the line between right and expedient in a time when every decision could change a community forever.
- Vivid sense of place: small-town streets, county politics, and the texture of daily life in a changing era.
- Complex characters: a sheriff’s personal struggle against a system that rewards cunning as much as courage.
- Political intrigue and ethical tension: bribery, loyalty, and the cost of climbing the ladder of power.
- Rich historical mood: a backdrop of law, reform, and the sway of public opinion.
Ideal for readers who enjoy historical fiction with sharp dialogue, dark humor, and moral ambiguity set against a memorable American landscape.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book is a historical, character-driven account of the life of Noel Shacklett, a politician in a rural Illinois county during the latter half of the 19th century. The author provides deep insights into the workings of rural politics in that time period, emphasizing the role of personal relationships, patronage, and often unethical local party bosses in securing electoral success. While this book may not be immediately recognizable to everyone, it is conceptually similar to other works that have detailed the regularly-unethical foundations of local government and the political machines that ran them, like "Boss" Tweed: The Story Behind the Man who Built Tammany Hall by Kenneth Ackerman. The author goes on to explore, through many rich anecdotes and political maneuvers, themes of good versus evil, loyalty's complexities, how power corrupts, and whether attaining political power ever adequately satisfies. This book is a fascinating read both for fans of historical fiction and for those interested in political science and the history of the United States in the 19th century. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781330909959_0
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