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Richardson Dilworth : last of the bare-knuckled aristocrats Peter Binzen with Jonathan Binzen
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HN 57 .B546 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Binzen, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dilworth, Richardson, 1898-1974.
- Dilworth, Richardson.
- Reformers--United States--Biography.
- Reformers.
- Political activists--United States--Biography.
- Political activists.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Camino Books, Inc., [2014]
- Contents:
- Iron in the bloodlines : the Dilworths and the Woods
- A gilded youth begins in gloom : black smoke, white beaches
- Over there : the maximum of action in the minimum of time
- Over here : pulchritude, Prohibition, and the innocent little sphere
- The two William Wardens : some good men flatter us, but it's only for our money
- Philadelphia lawyers men of learning, ability, and eloquence
- Corrupt and discontented : grafters, gamblers, and goons
- Unholy Moses : Old Man Annenberg : an attractive and amusing fellow with an absolutely vicious temper
- Pivot point : a new wife, a new firm, a new life
- Back at war, back at home : on Guadalcanal
- and off the wagon
- The machine shivers : graft, suicide, and the fat sultan
- The reformers arrive : born rich, reared gently, they turned out hard as nails
- Thrust and parry : one of natures noblemen in the DA's office
- Running for mayor : the last of the bare-knuckled aristocrats
- Mayor Dilworth : staid old Philly, recapturing the spirit of its precocious youth
- The transparent mayor : potholes and penmanship
- Philadelphia black and white : the white noose and the problem of the color line
- Sick transit : one gauge of a city's health is its mobility
- Reviving Society Hill : the heart and soul of the colonial city
- Dilworth for governor : Red China and the Blanc slate
- Retaking City Hall : glorious victory, then egregious embarrassment
- One last race : Little Lord Fauntleroy with a bucket of whitewash
- Sensation at the School Board : an influx of idealists, smart as hell, and absolutely fearless
- The betterment of the people.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781933822860
- 1933822864
- OCLC:
- 879915993
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