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Author Ackerman, Kenneth D.

Title Boss Tweed : the rise and fall of the corrupt pol who conceived the soul of modern New York / Kenneth D. Ackerman.

Publication Info. New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  BIOG TWEED, WILLIAM    Check Shelf
Edition First Carroll and Graf trade paperback edition.
Description x, 437 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
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.
Subject Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878.
Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Tweed Ring.
Political corruption -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898.
ISBN 078671686X
Standard No. 9780786716869
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