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Dig into a page-turning novel chronicling a smalltown man’s tumble down the rabbit hole of 20th-century political arch-conservativism. Follow Madison Hadder from his difficult pre-World War One childhood through a struggling young adulthood and rising political career from the Depression through the Cold War and McCarthyism. All followed by a rapid downfall, surprising resurrection and final tragedy.

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THE PIRATE KING 

By David Perlstein | July 17, 2026 |

What do Robert Louis Stevenson, Milton Caniff, John Derek, Johnny Depp and Donald Trump have in common? You’re stumped? No prob. Here’s the skinny: Stevenson (1850–94) wrote “Treasure Island,” published in book form in 1883.The novel gave us one of fiction’s most unforgettable characters, the pirate Long John Silver. Milton Caniff (1907-88) was a cartoonist responsible for…