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The Napoleon of New York : Mayor Fiorello La Guardia / H. Paul Jeffers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jeffers, H. Paul (Harry Paul), 1934-2009.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.
- La Guardia, Fiorello H.
- United States. Congress. House.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- Mayors--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- Mayors.
- New York (State)--New York.
- New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Politics and government.
- New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : John Wiley & Sons, [2002]
- Summary:
- the shrewd politician who knew what he wanted to do and how to go about it in a city renowned for skepticism.In contrasting the carefully cultivated, amusing personality that La Guardia showed to an adoring public and the tough administrator known to City Hall insiders, The Napoleon of New York also explores the early experiences that shaped the character of the man and the motivations that put the son of an agnostic Italian immigrant and Jewish mother from Austria on a path to the pinnacle of power in the greatest city in America.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Hizzoner 1
- Part I A Little Flower Blooms 7
- Part II Animal Crackers 159
- Part III Patience and Fortitude 245
- Part IV Four More Years of Hell 309.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-384) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0471024651
- OCLC:
- 48493909
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