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King of the Bowery : Big Tim Sullivan, Tammany Hall, and New York City from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era / Richard F. Welch.

Author: Welch, Richard F.

Edition Statement:1st Excelsior ed.

Imprint:Albany : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, 2008 (2010 printing).

Description222 p. : ill., ports ; 24 cm.

Note:Originally published: Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2008.

Note:The city and the machine -- Upward mobility -- Running the game -- Taking his opportunities as he saw them -- Extracurricular activities -- No final victories -- George and Charlie and Willie and Tim -- The progressive -- The last hurrah -- Decline and fall -- Legacies.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-218) and index.



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