Plunkitt of Tammany Hall Author:William L. Riordon 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 was ward boss of the Fifteenth Assembly District and one of the powers of Tammany Hall when Tammany was suprem... more »e. Boasting of his singular talent for getting the very most out of politics through "honest graft" ("I seen my opportunities and I took 'em"), Plunkitt provides in this irresistible little volume a wonderfully frank and funny analysis of the Tammany machine and the ways to succeed in big-city politics.« less