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The Fall of the Great Republic (1886-88)

by Henry Standish Coverdale

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical20 chapters
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About this book

Amidst economic ruin and political folly, a once-great republic faces collapse as unemployment, social unrest, and misguided leadership unravel the promise of popular self-government. Witness the unraveling of a nation's ideal in a turbulent era of hardship and upheaval.

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20 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CONTENTS.
03I. INTRODUCTORY.—THE “HARD TIMES” OF 1882–1887.
04II. THE MORAL INTERREGNUM.
05III. THE SOCIALISTIC POISON.
06IV. THE RULE OF IRELAND IN AMERICA.
07V. THE FIRST ERUPTION.
08VI. ANXIOUS FOREBODINGS.
09VII. THE REVOLUTIONISTS’ MASTER-STROKE.
10VIII. THE REIGN OF ANARCHY.
11IX. ATTEMPTS TO SAVE THE GOVERNMENT.
12X. THE LAST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

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