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American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley : His Battle for Chicago and the Nation
American Pharaoh Mayor Richard J Daley His Battle for Chicago and the Nation
Author: Adam Cohen, Elizabeth Taylor
"This is Chicago, this is America." With those words, Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley famously defended his brutal crackdown on protestors at the 1968 Democratic convention. Profoundly divided racially, economically and socially, Chicago was indeed a microcosm of America, and for more than two decades Daley ruled it with an iron fist. The last of...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780316834032
ISBN-10: 0316834033
Publication Date: 5/2000
Pages: 614
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Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Intriguing look at the corruption in Chicago under the "old Mayor Daley".


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