Don't Buy Another Vote, I Won't Pay for a Landslide: The Sordid And Continuing History of Political Corruption in West Virginia

I have to admit when I read the forward by the author I was a little disappointed. He states he's not going to talk about those he works with. I thought he was going to basically cover history. Luckily that's not the case, he covers recent scandals and covers scandals from the past (dating back to the founding of WV).

Unfortunately through the first part of the book the author keeps luring us in with really great stories, then interjecting his own experiences into it. In this case it ruins the magic. He's got great information(which is all thoroughly documented) on everything from Mother Jones to Arch Moore, but each time he interjects his own stories it breaks the flow of the story.

For all the flaws though it was immensely readable. I show more eagerly look forward to any future books by this author. I just hope he writes about an area he isn't so involved with. show less