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Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York
Boss Tweed The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York
Author: Kenneth D. Ackerman
ISBN-13: 9780786714353
ISBN-10: 0786714352
Publication Date: 1/2005
Pages: 400
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Carroll Graf
Book Type: Hardcover
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Modern New York doesn't have a soul. Anyway, pretty sympathetic book. It seems that he was the corrupt boss less than 10 years, he got his cummuppance (he died in jail), and the author explains why he got to be the boss (during the Civil War, and not by anything connected to the battlefield).

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