PLUNKITT OF TAMMANY HALL BY GEORGE WASHINGTON PLUNKITT A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics, Delivered by Ex-senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany Philosopher, from His Rostrum--the New York County Court House Bootblack Stand RECORDED BY WILLIAM L. RIORDON
Dishonest graft would be buying land and then using his influence to have a project built on it. This series of talks by an extremely interesting politician is a wonderful glimpse into the famous Tammany Hall.
Another topic covered in the book, "The difference between honest graft and dishonest graft" is equally alive and well among modern politicians.
Adding to the Ice Trust scandal was the seemingly innocuous death of one of Tammany's longtime operatives, Murray Hall, a pokerplaying, cigarsmoking, whiskeydrinking member of the General Committee. Hall worked closely with his local ...
William L. Riordon's compiling and embroidering of Boss Plunkitt's boastful comments on machine politics constitutes a minor classic in American social history. in an introduction to this edition of the political boss's remarks, James S. ...
George Washington Plunkitt was an American politician from New York State.
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"Plunkitt of Tammany Hall" has given generations of scholars insight into the controversy, animosity, corruption, and sensationalism of the American political machine in its heyday. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.
As a reporter for the "New York Evening Post" during the time of New York's Tammany Hall Machine, William Riordan compiled and published this work in 1905 from a series of articles he wrote on George Washington Plunkitt, the millionaire ...
Another topic covered in the book, "The difference between honest graft and dishonest graft" is equally alive and well among modern politicians.
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