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Subtitle: the inside story of the Pendergast machine by the man who smashed it
By: Maurice M. Milligan
Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons
Published: 1948
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Politics and government
Other titles: Inside story of the Pendergast machine by the man who smashed it.
Notes: Pub. also under title: The inside story of the Pendergast machine by the man who smashed it.
Table of contents: title: Foreshadows. Strictly personal; title: I discover the meaning of hot spot; title: The boss: a long-range view; title: Tale of two cities. Roots in St. Joe; title: K.C.; title: Brother Jim and the West Bottoms; title: The apt apprentice; title: The industrious journeyman; title: Portrait of a boss. Goats and rabbits; title: Wide open; title: The fitness of things; title: The know-how; title: Blood and ballots. Union station massacre; title: Vote frauds; title: Smash up! The insurance scandal; title: Sentence; title: Leavenworth; title: An evil heritage. Inheritors of the mantle; title: "Buy yourself some beer"; title: The mills of the Gods.