Publisher:Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2014]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Capital movers -- The Capital archipelago -- A plague of waters -- A mechanic's guide to Washington City -- Driving souls -- The company they kept -- Coming to the scratch -- Illicit congress -- Seeing the elephant -- Suspicious characters -- The fall of Washington City -- A gilded cage -- Epilogue: The sea of pavement.