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United States Senator John McCain |
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| FOREWORD |
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United States Senator Robert C. Byrd |
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| INTRODUCTION |
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| PART ONE THE EARLY YEARS |
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CHAPTER ONE John F. Kennedy's 1960 Primary Election and a culture of Corruption in Southern West Virginia |
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CHAPTER TWO The Birth of West Virginia and the Controversy that Surrounded it |
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CHAPTER THREE The Hatfields and McCoys |
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CHAPTER FOUR Mother Jones and the Bloodshed in the Southern West Virginia Coalfields |
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CHAPTER FIVE Nineteenth Century History of Political option in West Virginia |
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75 | (18) |
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CHAPTER SIX Early Twentieth Century Corruption and the Beginning of the Rule of Coal |
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93 | (16) |
| PART TWO RECENT HISTORY |
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CHAPTER SEVEN Election Fraud and Southern West Virginia |
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CHAPTER EIGHT Arch A. Moore, Jr., |
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137 | (22) |
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"Corruption with a Capitol C" |
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CHAPTER NINE Senators Byrd and Rockefeller |
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159 | (20) |
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"The Aristocracy of the Money Bag" |
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CHAPTER TEN The McGraw Brothers, Warren and Darrell |
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CHAPTER ELEVEN "A Judicial Hellhole" |
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CHAPTER TWELVE Bribery, Kickbacks, and Conspiracy |
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311 | (30) |
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN Gambling |
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341 | (18) |
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN Sex Scandals |
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359 | (20) |
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN Stealing Our Children's Futures and Confiscating Our Seniors' Golden Years |
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379 | (24) |
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN Follow the Money |
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Legally Buying Elections and Perceptions |
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| PART THREE THE ROAD TO REFORM |
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Attempts and Obstacles to Reform |
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The Ethics Commission and Statewide Prosecutorial Power |
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CHAPTER NINETEEN Reforming West Virginia Politics |
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485 | (30) |
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CHAPTER TWENTY Final Thoughts |
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| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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| NOTES |
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