David Lockwin, beloved congressman from Chicago’s First District, wins his election amid kegs of beer and ward violence, then sails for Georgian Bay. When the newspapers report that he has died of his wounds off Cape Croker and his body is lost, his widow Esther raises a black granite cenotaph, and the story moves on into disguise and secrets.
An unusual Gilded Age novel of politics, fame and identity, set in Chicago and the Great Lakes. Download the free EPUB.