This all-new collection of satirical poems and illustrations takes us through a history of over thirty scoundrels—bad actors that were corrupt, venal, criminal, adulterous, racist, or just plain disgusting. Ranging from distant to recent history, these poems offer up a rogues’ gallery of American villains, including the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, and participants in both the Watergate scandal and the Capitol insurrection. Trump and Nixon show up, of course, but also Leona Helmsley, Boss Tweed, Typhoid Mary, Newt Gingrich, Ted Cruz, and many more. Skipping through time and across the land, and delivered with classic Lithgow wit and style, A Confederacy of Dumptys is an exuberant reminder of how not to repeat history.