Coniston by Winston Churchill 1906 Macmillan

Coniston
Winston Churchill
The Macmillan Company, 1906
Illustrated by Florence Scovel Shinn
543 pages

The front hinge is cracked and the binding has breaks but all pages are present and attached. The pages are tanning and have scattered brown age spots and smudges and a name is written in the front. The cover is rubbed and edge worn, especially at the corners, hinges and spine ends. Acceptable. Hardcover.

The plot of the historical novel concerns New Hampshire politics, where Churchill lived most of his adult life. Churchill was elected to the state legislature in 1903 and 1905, and unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor in 1906 at the same time Coniston was topping the best selling lists.The political boss character in the book, Jethro Bass, was based on New Hampshire politician Ruel Durkee. A former U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, William E. Chandler, felt compelled to defend Durkee, publishing a pamphlet and writing letters to editors to claim that Durkee was a model citizen and not a model of corruption.  (#PB202720)