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    <body><![CDATA[i like historical fiction.  i also like books that take place in 19th century new york city.  that being said, this book contains both those elements but just didn't do it for me.  gore vidal is a phenomenal writer (as if gore f*ing vidal needs me to validate that) but here he gets too pre-occupied ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14083946">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up because of Vidal's immense reputation and because I was impressed with a few quotes of his I'd seen lying around the internet.  I picked this particular one because it's a portion of American history that I know little about, and the fact that I just moved to NYC and wanted to get t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55738756">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As America approached its bicentennial in post-Watergate/Vietnam/Embargo disarray, Gore Vidal published this account of another low point in American history: the elections of 1876, a.k.a. the FIRST Supreme Court-decided, Florida-related presidential debacle.<br/><br/>The main character, Charles S...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2629270">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the last third or so, when it got deep into the details of the 1876 presidential election and the post-election wrangling over the outcome (eerily similar to the Bush/Gore election!)...but thought the first 2/3 was a bit dry and repetitive.  The endless litany of social events that structu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58871506">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[American at its first centinary. Grant has finished his second term and presides over a country which has been parcelled up and handed over to the first generation of capitalist grandees.  The election is the last chance to restore something of the republican traditions of the Revolution, but the co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59600034">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved every page! Vidal has a brilliant way of writing, so fluently and eloquently. I really do enjoy his books as they portray American History in a way that makes you want to investigate furthermore our country's society and hisory (sry bout the repetition!)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this one immediately after reading Vidal's Burr during the winter break from school of 1983/84.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gore Vidal books make me wish I'd paid more attention in American History class.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great historical novel, worth it for reflections on US politics today]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Somehow not as great as I'd expected.  I assumed he would focus on the contentious post-election battle, which nicely mirrors our 2000 debacle.  But of course, he wrote this before 2000.  And political intrigue didn't seem to interest Vidal as much as giving the reader a cultural portrait of New Yor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38998041">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been reading this book FOREVER. I actually rather like it: it's witty and snarky and just plain fun, which is exactly what I didn't expect it to be. I don't have an explanation for why it's taking me so darn long to read it. When I (eventually!) finish it I'll be as glad as anyone (*ahemCHRISah...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13875198">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had no idea the election of Hayes vs. Tilden was pretty much the exact same corrupt election that we experienced twice with George W Bush.  Florida! Sold to the highest bidder! Amazing similiarities. I guess corruption, greed, graft, and the selling of elections has always been and will always be....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36294487">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel a need to read some fiction and somethings by Gore we'll see ow it goes]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I consider Gore Vidal one of our country's (America) greatest historians.  Vidal's research coupled with his flare for sorted, personal details delivers American histories that are FAR more fun to read than the 10th grade US History text books - and more true to actual happenings, I'd venture to say...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2845143">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't think this installment was as strong as Burr.  I've really enjoyed this series though and appreciate the historical accuracy of the books.  The book went along very well with other books about Lincoln.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The 2000 election wasn't the only election in our history that wasn't left purely to the public. Really interesting, but definitely should be accepted as historically flourished.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the other in the series I really love.  1876 is one of the defining years in our country's history, and this book, through a great story, lays out all the reasons why.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have had this book for ages and did not realize it was written in our Bicentennial Year. It will be interesting to see if Gore Vidal is as funny now, 33 years later.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[historical fiction:1876 America-----------Washington politics - least favorite of Burr, Lincoln, and 1876]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[George W. wasn't the first to become president b/c of a rigged election....we forget about Hayes!!!]]></body>
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