King of the Bowery
Subtitle: Big Tim Sullivan, Tammany Hall, and New York City : from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era
By: Richard F. Welch.
Publisher: Madison, N.J.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780838641767
Subjects: Sullivan, Timothy Daniel, -- 1862-1913; United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Biography; Tammany Hall -- History; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography; Political corruption -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century; New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century; New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The city and the machine; title: Upward mobility; title: Running the game; title: Taking his opportunities as he saw them; title: Extracurricular activities; title: No final victories; title: George and Charlie and Willie and Tim; title: The progressive; title: The last hurrah; title: Decline and fall; title: Legacies.