Title: Mackerels in the moonlight
First published: 2004
Description: "Four of America's most corrupt mayors and their shady dealings are covered in this work. "Big Bill" Thompson, who was mayor of Chicago three times, is considered America's worst mayor, having, among other questionable activities, accepted support from gangster Al Capone. Frank Hague of Jersey City described his town as the "moralest city in the nation" and banished prostitution and pornography, but the ran his city as a mini-dictatorship and allowed it to become a gambling mecca. Jimmy Walker of New York City was a "good time" mayor and did well as the city prospered, but cared little for the city's money and his own when the Great Depression struck. James Michael Curley of Boston openly asserted that "politics is my business" and flaunted a lavish home built entirely at the public's expense, but was elected again and again, once while still in jail."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Case studies, Political corruption, Politics and government, Mayors, Biography, Major, Korruption, Geschichte 1900-1960, Armee, Hague, frank, 1876-1956, Walker, james john, 1881-1946, Mayors, biography, United states, politics and government
Places: United States
People: James John Walker (1881-1946), William Hale Thompson (1869-1944), Frank Hague (1876-1956), James Michael Curley (1874-1958)
LC classification: E176 .L498 2004