"Boss" Tweed : the story of a grim generation /: the story of a grim generation. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Denis Tilden Lynch ; new extended introduction by Dennis Hale.
• Other Names: Lynch, Denis Tilden
• Contents: Tweed's ancestry -- Apology and error -- His boyhood -- Gangsters enter politics -- The old order dies hard -- The tiger -- The forty thieves -- Jay Gould penniless -- How Wood was named Fernando -- Local autonomy -- The amphibious Wood -- Tilden, editor -- Playing on prejudices -- "Suffer little children" -- Bigotry versus bigotry -- The dominant idea is politics -- "A sulky, unbroken silence" -- Tweed defeated for sheriff -- Regaining his fortune -- The Draft riots begin -- "I am your friend" -- Tweed made a lawyer -- How the bridge was built -- Undoing a veto -- How the ring worked -- Tweed among the elite -- Hailed as a reformer -- Dana consoles Tweed -- "Hang them" -- Tilden in the saddle -- Convicted.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (433 pages)
• Subjects: 974.7/1041/092 B; Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography; Tweed Ring; Political corruption -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century; Political corruption; Politics and government; Politicians; Tweed Ring; New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898; New York (State) -- New York; Biography; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351530972; 1351530976
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.