Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall
By: by Ruth Ashby.
Series: Notorious Americans and their times
Publisher: Blackbirch Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Subjects: Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878 -- Juvenile literature; Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878; Tammany Hall; Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Tweed Ring -- Juvenile literature; Political corruption -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; Politicians; Political corruption; New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898 -- Juvenile literature; New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Examines the actions of Boss Tweed, the powerful, influential, and corrupt public works commissioner for New York City from 1863-1871, and of the political organization that he and his associates controlled.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: New York born and bred; title: A city grows, a boss rises; title: Dawn of the Gilded Age; title: The fall of the Tweed ring; title: The Tweed legacy.