A stripe of Tammany's tiger / by Louis Eisenstein and Elliot Rosenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisenstein, Louis, 1915-

Contributor:

Rosenberg, Elliot.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics, Practical.

New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1951-.

Tammany Hall.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

New York : Fall Creek Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book is a highly personal glimpse into the world of precinct, district, and county politics. It deals with several stripes of the Tammany Tiger and brings into close focus some of the most forceful background figures in New York City's political framework. Primarily, it is a forty-year panorama of Tammany practices and personalities."-from A Stripe of Tammany's TigerIn this fascinating book, first published in 1966, Louis Eisenstein, a Tammany precinct captain from Manhattan's Lower East Side, sets out with his coauthor Elliot Rosenberg to chronicle the evolution-or rather devolution-of New York City politics through the first seven decades of the twentieth century. Eisenstein imbues his lively narrative with an overarching theme: that personal interactions and good faith between those at all levels of power are of paramount importance both for sustained political success and for competent municipal administration.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

I. Once Upon a Tiger

II. Nurtured in Tammany's Realm

III. Ahearn the Elder: Squire of the Lower East Side

IV. Aheam the Younger: Not by Breadbaskets Alone

V. Days of Grandeur and Grime

VI. Changing of the Guard: The White House, City Hall, Tammany Hall

VII. The Little Flower: Scent and Odor

VIII. Tiger? What Tiger? Do You See a Tiger?

IX. Years of the Meek "me-ow"

X. Fission in Fusion: The Little Flower Withers Away

XI. O'Dwyer: A Knight in Rusty Armor

XII. War of the Halls: City Hall Versus Tammany Hall

XIII. "Bashful Berty's" Last Stand

XIV. The Captains and the Kings Depart

XV. A Wagnerian Opera Without Music

XVI. Of Tammany Men, Reformers and Reformed Reformers

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780801468353

0801468353

9780801468360

0801468361

OCLC:

860715211