I was required to read this as a textbook of sorts for one of my history classes, but it felt far too brief to actually learn anything from.

Baer is a reporter, and you can definitely tell from his style that he is used to writing short, humorous articles about current political events. Each of the seven chapters features a brief, almost vignette-esque look into various political eras of PA, cutting off halfway through Corbett's term. While it undoubtedly revealed some of the more famous or entertaining scandals of political PA, it falls short in its length. It's probably a fine read for fans of politics, but I personally did not find it engaging or very informational.