TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                    

                                                                         
*Introduction
              
*CHAPTER ONE
John F. Kennedy’s 1960 Primary Election and a Culture of Corruption in
Southern West Virginia         

*CHAPTER TWO
The Birth of West Virginia and the Controversy that Surrounded           

*CHAPTER THREE
The Hatfields and McCoys 

*CHAPTER FOUR
Mother Jones and the Bloodshed in the Southern West Virginia Coalfields       

*CHAPTER FIVE
Nineteenth Century History of Political Corruption in West Virginia

*CHAPTER SIX
Early Twentieth Century Corruption and the Beginning of the Rule of Coal

*CHAPTER SEVEN
Election Fraud and Southern West Virginia     

*CHAPTER EIGHT
Arch A. Moore, Jr.,
“Corruption–with a Capitol C”

*CHAPTER NINE
Senators Byrd and Rockefeller
“The Aristocracy of the Money Bag”

*CHAPTER TEN
The McGraw Brothers, Warren and Darrell

*CHAPTER ELEVEN
“A Judicial Hellhole”    

*CHAPTER TWELVE
Bribery, Kickbacks, and Conspiracy     

*CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Gambling     

*CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Sex Scandals     

*CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Stealing Our Children’s Futures and Confiscating Our Seniors’ Golden Years     

*CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Follow the Money    

*CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Legally Buying Elections and Perceptions

*CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Attempts and Obstacles to Reform
The Ethics Commission and Statewide Prosecutorial Power

*CHAPTER NINETEEN
Reforming West Virginia Politics     

*CHAPTER TWENTY
Final Thoughts
    
    
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