Joseph A. Altsheler was a prolific American journalist and novelist best known for his popular historical adventure novels. The Candidate: A Political Romance is a departure into adult political fiction, using the drama of an American presidential campaign as the backdrop for a romantic and idealistic story about the possibilities and corruptions of democratic politics.
Published at the turn of the twentieth century, the novel captures the excitement and disillusionment surrounding Gilded Age electoral politics. This free public-domain EPUB is available for download at Better Gutenberg.