To strike at the corruption in big city politics, Philadelphia lawyer Rufus Shapley chronicles in this satiric novel the unlikely rise of a penniless Irish immigrant from grog-shop sweeper to candidate for a seat in the U.S. Congress, all at the behest and tutelage of a big city “ring.”
Source
SC-DC 1860 S529s
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front cover - Solid for Mulhooly; a Political Satire
Contributors
Nast, Thomas (1840-1902)
Publisher
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co.
Date.Original
1889
Description
To strike at the corruption in big city politics, Philadelphia lawyer Rufus Shapley chronicles in this satiric novel the unlikely rise of a penniless Irish immigrant from grog-shop sweeper to candidate for a seat in the U.S. Congress, all at the behest and tutelage of a big city “ring.”
Source
SC-DC 1860 S529s
Rights
Digital image copyright 2003, Dickinson College. All rights reserved.
Contact
Archives & Special Collections; Dickinson College; Carlisle, PA; archives@dickinson.edu