Research

His current research includes a study of the mechanics of Gilded Age politics and the Andrew Johnson impeachment (two books.)

Selected Publications

Books:

• A Student Cartoonist's View of Great Figures in American History (1972)
• The Presidency in Political Cartoons, 1776-1976 (1976)
• Railroads, Reconstruction and the Gospel of Prosperity (1984)
• The Plundering Generation: Corruption and the Crisis of the Union, 1848-1861 (1987)
• The Era of Good Stealings (1992)
• The Press Gang (1994); The Gilded Age (1997).

Articles:

• "The Chimera of Whig Persistence: Louisiana and the Election of 1865," (1983)
• "A Band of Brigands: The 'Gridiron' Legislature and the Nomination of Lincoln," (1984)
• "The Press Gang," (1990).

A book, Rum, Romanism & Rebellion, about the 1884 election, is forthcoming and indeed may already be out.