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  • Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

    The Annotated Edition

    par Kevin W. Hula, Douglas B. Harris, William L. Riordon ...
    Plunkitt of Tammany Hall**, first published in 1905, provides an extraordinary account of the political corruption and profiteering of George Washington Plunkitt, a long-time district leader in the New York Democratic Party's political machine in Manhattan.** Reporter William L. Riordon immortalized Plunkitt's banter and bluster by reorganizing the raconteur's impromptu speeches, conversations, ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

    A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics

    par William L. Riordon ...
    Collections series Dover Thrift Editions: Political Science
    This classic work presents the candid wit and wisdom of George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924), a longtime state senator from New York who represented the Fifteenth Assembly District and was especially powerful in New York City. Plunkitt was part of the city's Tammany Hall organization and a cynical practitioner of what today is generally known as "machine politics," a patronage-based system in ... En savoir plus

    $6.19 CAD

  • Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

    A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics

    par Philip Freeman, William L. Riordon ...
    Plunkitt of Tammany HallA Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical PoliticsWilliam L. Riordan“Nobody thinks of drawin’ the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft.”This classic work offers the unblushing, unvarnished wit and wisdom of one of the most fascinating figures ever to play the American political game and win. George Washington Plunkitt rose from impoverished beginnings ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $6.99 CAD Maintenant $3.99 CAD

  • Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

    par William L. Riordon ...
    As a reporter for the "New York Evening Post" during the time of New York's Tammany Hall Machine, William Riordan compiled and published this work in 1905 from a series of articles he wrote on George Washington Plunkitt, the millionaire ward boss of New York's 15th District. Plunkitt is best remembered as a streetwise politician who practiced what he called "honest graft," or what is otherwise ... En savoir plus

    $3.99 CAD

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    par Studs Terkel ...
    From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Good War: A masterpiece of modern journalism and "a huge anthem in praise of the American spirit" ( Saturday Review).In this "invaluable record" of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. Featuring a mosaic of memories from politicians, businessmen, ... En savoir plus

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  • The Chaneysville Incident

    A Novel

    par David Bradley ...
    Winner of the PEN/Faulkner: "Rivals Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon as the best novel about the black experience in America since Ellison's Invisible Man" ( The Christian Science Monitor).Brilliant but troubled historian John Washington has left Philadelphia, where he is employed by a major university, to return to his hometown just north of the Mason–Dixon Line. He is there to care for Old Jack, ... En savoir plus

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  • Grover Cleveland

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    par Henry F. Graff ...
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    A fresh look at the 22nd and 24th president of the United States of America.Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American presidential history. Having run for President three times and gaining the popular vote majority each time—despite losing the electoral college in 1892—Cleveland was unique in the line of nineteenth-century Chief Executives.In this book, ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

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  • Black No More

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    What would happen to the race problem in America if black people turned white? Would everybody be happy? These questions and more are answered in George Schuyler's satiric romp. This is the story of Max Disher, a black rogue of an insurance man who, through a scientific transformation process, becomes Mathew Fisher, a white man. Matt dreams up a scam that allows him to become the leader of the ... En savoir plus

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    Three cheers for the red, white, and bloopers . . . A US treasury of gaffes, goofs, and weird White House trivia!If they advertised the job opening for President of the United States, the ad would be pretty short. The only basic requirements are to be a natural-born American citizen and at least thirty-five years old. Now you can learn about some of the successful applicants in this special "Chief ... En savoir plus

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  • Fraud of the Century

    Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876

    par Roy Jr. Morris ...
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    An Illustrated Oral History of the Great Depression

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