The Cleverdale Mystery, the deals machine and its wheels. W.A. Wilkins Whitehall Times 1882 Antiquarian Book

The Cleverdale Mystery; or, the Machine and its Wheels by W. A. Wilkins

NY, Fords, Howard & Hulbert 1882 First Edition

Illustrated beige cloth blocked in black and gilt. Cloth cover has definite signs of age, on spine edges and corners. It is signed by previous owner and also by the author: "Read, Reflect and Profit"

This melodramatic thriller set in the Adirondack playground of Lake George, includes political and economic deception, financial ruin, attempted suicide, murder and more, concerning upstate New York machine politics and the activities of Senator Darius Hamblin, the "Boss" of his district.

Wilkins was the proprietor and editor of the Whitehall Times, and a politician himself. Also deals published a play of this in the same year.

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