1876 (novel)
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| 1876 | |
| Author | Gore Vidal |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Narratives of Empire |
| Genre(s) | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Publication date | 1976 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 364 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0394497503 |
Gore Vidal's 1876 is the third historical novel in his Narratives of Empire series. It was published in 1976 and details the events of a year described by Vidal himself as "probably the low point in our republic's history."
In 1876 the U.S. presidential election was a close run contest between the Democratic candidate, Samuel J. Tilden, and the Republican Rutherford Hayes. Tilden won the popular vote, but there was a dispute over the results in four states, including Florida. In Florida the Republican leaders of the State initially reported a victory for Tilden, before deciding that in fact Hayes had won. Vidal builds up to this historic crisis through the activities of a mixed cast of historical and fictional characters, some of the latter having previously appeared in Burr, or having descended from characters in that novel.
[edit] In Popular Culture
- Gore Vidal guest starred in The Simpsons episode "Moe'N'a Lisa". He states that the title for 1876 came from "the price he paid for gas once".
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