{"product_id":"compliments-of-hamilton-and-sargent-a-story-of-mystery-and-tragedy-on-the-gilded-age-frontier-paperback-softback-9781496237057","title":"Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent; A Story of Mystery and Tragedy on the Gilded Age Frontier (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496237057","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCompliments of Hamilton and Sargent\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Story of Mystery and Tragedy on the Gilded Age Frontier\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaura Jane Farrelly (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496237057\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e482 pages, 17 photographs, 2 illustrations, 5 genealogies, 5 maps, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.732 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Enchanted by an evocative photograph of a woman playing her violin outside a log cabin with the majestic Teton Mountains in the background, Maura Jane Farrelly decided to look into the story behind it. Her historical detective work unearthed intersecting trails and unforgettable tales of murder, suicide, social scandal, and much more-all firmly set in the context of America during its Gilded Age. A remarkable work of research and storytelling, \u003ci\u003eCompliments of Hamilton and Sargent\u003c\/i\u003e proves that if a picture tells a thousand words, it can also hide thousands more.”-Dayton Duncan, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe National Parks: America’s Best Idea\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Maura Jane Farrelly is a marvelous writer and gifted storyteller who brings a finely honed sense of time and place to this remarkable book. \u003ci\u003eCompliments of Hamilton and Sargent\u003c\/i\u003e is many things at once-an enthralling triple biography, a fascinating work of historical detection, a compelling dialogue between past and present, a brilliant meditation on the historian’s craft, and a vivid portrait of a modernizing United States that manages to be both sweeping and intimate. By reconstructing the intertwined stories of Robert Ray Hamilton, John Dudley Sargent, and Edith Drake Sargent, Farrelly reminds us of the extraordinary significance of seemingly ordinary lives.”-Wendy Gamber, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2025 Spur Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCompliments of Hamilton and Sargent\u003c\/i\u003e Maura Jane Farrelly explores the history of the Gilded Age United States, using the lives of three people from prominent East Coast families who moved to Wyoming to start over as her guide. Robert Ray Hamilton was a state lawmaker from New York and the great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton. John Dudley Sargent came from a long line of Brahmin families in New England that included several colonial governors and the famous painter John Singer Sargent. Edith Drake Sargent was the eccentric and musical daughter of a New York banker who had made a fortune selling short.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e All three experienced some form of humiliation after newspapers speculated on their possible shameful secrets: bigamy, blackmail, murder, incest, baby-selling, mental illness, and more. All three fled to Wyoming, believing distance and remoteness would hide their shame. But by the 1890s the West was no longer a place where anyone could hide. Just as many today are learning that the internet has opened up a vast wilderness of information to exploration and settlement-enabling our mistakes and transgressions to follow us for years-so, too, did Hamilton and the Sargents learn that technology and the growing power of celebrity journalism made it difficult for anyone in the West to leave a scandal-ridden past behind. \u003ci\u003eCompliments of Hamilton and Sargent\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about the early demise of our right to be forgotten.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Author’\u003cbr\u003es Note\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Stories\u003cbr\u003e 1. Revolutionary Legacies\u003cbr\u003e 2. Blueberries and Timber\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Fourth Estate\u003cbr\u003e 4. Charity Begins at Home\u003cbr\u003e 5. Off with Their Heads\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Cable Railway Grab\u003cbr\u003e 7. Baby Waifs\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cowpunching\u003cbr\u003e 9. One of God’\u003cbr\u003es Garden Spots\u003cbr\u003e 10. Final Resting Places\u003cbr\u003e 11. Like Cures Like\u003cbr\u003e 12. Marymere\u003cbr\u003e 13. Little Girls\u003cbr\u003e 14. Katharine and Catherine\u003cbr\u003e 15. Family Matters\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Strings\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600267342104,"sku":"9781496237057","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/compliments-of-hamilton-and-sargent-a-story-of-mystery-and-tragedy-on-the-gilded-age-frontier-paperback-softback-9781496237057","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}