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Boss Tweed : the rise and fall of the corrupt pol who conceived the soul of modern New York
Author
Title
Boss Tweed : the rise and fall of the corrupt pol who conceived the soul of modern New York / Kenneth D. Ackerman.
ISBN
078671686X
Edition
First Carroll & Graf trade paperback edition.
Published
New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2006.
Physical Description
x, 437 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 28, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-422) and index.
Contents
Alone
1: Rise
Riots
Ballots
Spoils
2: Critics
Park row
Whitewash
Fate
I pledge myself to persevere ...
The wedding
3: Revolt
July
Disclosure
Panic
Tilden
Coup d'Etat
Numbers
Personal knowledge
Marked
4: Fall
Law
Prison
Flight
Lawyers
Clean breast
Legacy.
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