American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley, His Battle for Chicago and the Nation
- ISBN-10
- 0759524270
- ISBN-13
- 9780759524279
- Series
- American Pharaoh
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 644
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-05-08
- Publisher
- Hachette+ORM
- Authors
- Adam Cohen, Elizabeth Taylor
Description
The story of an American city, an iron-fisted mayor, and an era of protest and turmoil: “Superb . . . one of the finest political biographies of recent years.” —Library Journal This is the story of Mayor Richard J. Daley and his rise from the working-class Irish neighborhood of his childhood to his role as one of the most important figures in twentieth-century American politics. It’s a tale of the birth of a family dynasty; of simmering racial tensions; of the Chicago machine; of a national Democratic convention marred by violent clashes between demonstrators and police; and of the decline of the big city bosses. “The first full-length biography of one of the most fascinating and enigmatic characters of modern American political history.” —The New York Times Book Review “Fascinatingly detailed . . . the authors do an excellent job of exposing the tragic racial history of postwar America.” —Boston Book Review “A compelling social history of mid-century Chicago.” —The New Yorker
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- 2016-04-26
- 304 pages
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- 640 pages
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- 2000-05-01
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