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A book which had a way bigger impact on the way I thought about politics, economics, race, and democracy was Boardwalk Empire by Nelson Johnson. I picked it up after loving the 1st season of the HBO show based on it. Then realized, the book was SO MUCH MORE than just Nucky.
The show is literally about just one chapter out of a story about this historic oddity named Atlantic City. From its late 1800s start as a wellness spa retreat (hilarious thought in 2021) to Trump coming and destroying the city as if practising for his presidential run, much more
And in tracing that century plus history of corrupt and evolving politics in that proto-Vegas New Jersey town, the book also offers great insights into how American politics evolved in the 20th century. How local party bosses and "bahubalis" were common in US politics till FDR.
I love that Garret Dillahunt is in the first episode of Deadwood playing cards w/ Wild Bill and then comes back to play that evil geologist in season 2
lmao I forgot how quickly Seth goes from like "Seth Bullock." to "Sol, can you *believe* the way they are speaking to me?" to *CLENCHED* "WHAT. BIDNESS. IS. IT. OF. YOURS."
My angry bb Bullock and his long suffering life partner lmao 
