Title: The knave of Boston : & other ambiguous Massachusetts characters /
Authors: Russell, Francis, 1910-
Publisher: Quinlan Press,
Year: 1987
Subjects: Politicians Massachusetts Biography.; Irish Americans Massachusetts Biography.; Crime Massachusetts History.; Massachusetts Biography.
Contents: The knave of Boston -- John the Bold: Boston's John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald -- The last of the bosses: James Michael Curley -- The mayor and the nymphet -- Indian Summer in Hyannis Port -- Calvin Coolidge's Vermont: two pilgrimages in an off-season -- Butler the Beast: Benjamin Franklin Butler -- Charles Ponzi and the Boston Bubble -- The end of Mattapan Macky -- The witch of Beacon Hill -- A forgotten poet: John Boyle O'Reilly -- Death in Dorchester.