num_pages: 448
description:  The more things change, the more they stay the same: "The last few days would have brought down any parliamentary government. As it is, the Grant Administration is a shambles, &amp; there is even talk that the President may resign." Charles Schuyler, the narrator of Burr, returns to the USA after an absence of nearly 40 years, with his widowed daughter, Emma, in tow. While they try to find a suitably rich husband for Emma among the NY social set, Charles concentrates on the scandals in Washington--including accusations of corruption &amp; obstruction of justice against Ulysses S. Grant--&amp; the presidential race between Rutherford B. Hayes &amp; Democrat Samuel Tilden (Tilden apparently, in fact, won the election, only to have it taken away because of electoral fraud). Cameo appearances by Chester A. Arthur, Mark Twain, Charles Nordhoff &amp; others enliven the proceedings.--Ron Hogan
language: English
title: 1876
titlecomplete: 1876
characters: Mark Twain, Charles Schuyler
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Politics, Literature, American History, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 3119
places: The United States of America
series: Narratives of Empire
publisher: Little, Brown Book Group