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Boss Tweed : the rise and fall of the corrupt pol who conceived the soul of modern New York / Kenneth D. Ackerman.
Van Pelt Library F128.47.T96 A28 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ackerman, Kenneth D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878.
- Tweed, William Marcy.
- Politicians--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- Politicians.
- Political corruption.
- History.
- New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--To 1898.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Politics and government.
- Tweed Ring.
- Political corruption--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 437 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Carroll and Graf edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2005.
- Summary:
- This vibrant, accessible, and altogether captivating new work is a biography of New York's Boss Tweed, the legendary figure who "bribed the state legislature, fixed elections, skimmed money from city contractors, and diverted public funds on a massive scale." Archival photos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786714352
- OCLC:
- 57625621
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