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Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
by William L. Riordan
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- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0525471189
- ISBN 13
- 9780525471189
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About This Item
New York: Dutton, 1963. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Dutton, 1963. 40th Printing. Paperback in Good Condition. Remainder. Clean, unmarked, solid paperback. Unique cover design by Paul Davis. Introduction by Arthur Mann. A series of very plain talks on very practical politics by ex-senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum-the New York County Court House Bootblack Stand--shown in b/w photo as frontispiece. George Washington Plunkitt's Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics is a masterpiece of Americana artfully recorded by Plunkitt's "Boswell," the newspaperman William Riordon. When this book was first published in 1905, Plunkitt (1842-1924) was ward boss of the Fifteenth Assembly District and one of the powers of Tammany Hall when Tammany was supreme. Plunlitt provides a frank and funny analysis of the Tammany machine and the ways to succeed in big-city politics. 97 pages of delightful revelations. 12 mo. 1963, Dutton. ISBN10: 0525471189, ISBN13: 9780525471189 (The ISBN in the book seems to be in error-it is not on the isbndb data base).
Synopsis
This classic work offers the unblushing, unvarnished wit and wisdom of one of the most fascinating figures ever to play the American political game and win. George Washington Plunkitt rose from impoverished beginnings to become ward boss of the Fifteenth Assembly District in New York, a key player in the powerhouse political team of Tammany Hall, and a millionaire. In a series of utterly frank talks given at his headquarters at Graziano’s bootblack stand inside the New York County Court House, he revealed to a sharp-eared and sympathetic reporter named William L. Riordon the secrets of political success as practiced and perfected by Tammany Hall titans. The result is not only a volume that reveals more about our political system than does a shelf load of civics textbooks, but also an irresistible portrait of a man who would feel happily at home playing ball with today’s lobbyists and kingmakers, trading votes for political and financial favors. Doing for twentieth-century America what Machiavelli did for Renaissance Italy, and as entertaining as it is instructive, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall is essential reading for those who prefer twenty-twenty vision to rose-colored glasses in viewing how our government works and why.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029242
- Title
- Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
- Author
- William L. Riordan
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0525471189
- ISBN 13
- 9780525471189
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 12mo - over 6
- Keywords
- POLITICS AMERICAN POLITICAL MORES TAMMANY HALL
- X weight
- 0 oz
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