“On the other side of the [civil] war, the gold gamblers gamed with the financial markets, wreaking misery on the working class. The rich nursed their addiction to extravagant, imported luxuries. It would be a false mourning to suggest that once upon a time Americans shared their deep woes with great sobriety and heart.”
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Elizabeth Mitchell,
Lincoln's Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House
