A Simpler Time by David B Donath, Paperback

Description: Politics As Usual. A Simpler Time will take readers down an historical road and into the politics of the 19th Century. As this fact-filled novel about a lonely 40-year-old native New Englander and agent of the Secret Service continues, readers may experience a feeling of d'j?á vu because events of the past so often mirror the political shenanigans of the early 21st Century. The time is 1880; and Rudy Mueller has been sent to Arizona Territory to look into a local livery owners belief that recent murders in the Prescott area were committed to prevent discovery of a silver conspiracy. However, Rudy has his own agenda. He believes President James Knox Polk provoked war with Mexico in 1846, not to settle somesilly little border dispute down Texas way, but because he knows gold exists in California and he doesnt want "a rich and powerful neighbor sitting on our western border." Rudy is unable to prove any of the new information he uncovers regarding the crimes, but he stumbles upon the possibility that Governor John Charles Fremont might have accepted a $100,000 bribe. Since Fremont was very much involved with events in California before and during the Mexican War but refuses to speak of them Rudy believes that if he can prove the bribe, Jessie Fremont might be willing to tell him what she knows of those days in order to salvage her husband s reputation. Rudy decides to go under cover to continue the investigation. He pretends to leave his government post and buys a saloon in the Bradshaw Mountain mining town of Poland. There he persuades Eva Little, one of the saloon s fallen doves, to run the business for him so that he can pursue his mission. However, Eva has more to offer than appearances would indicate. After providing some vital information concerning the Fremonts, she insists on helping Rudy with his quest. Together they march into the world of politics, firmly believing their cause is just, so right must prevail. Bribery, greedy politicians, lies, and misguided Presidents all set in the 19th Century. Are we doomed to repeat the past simply because the truth of our history is shrouded in lies that have been accepted as the truth?

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