The Tweed Ring Author:Alexander B. Callow, Jr Many corrupt city political machines have existed in the history of urbanized America, but non has surpassed in infamy the Tweed Ring of New York City, whose performance has been described as a classic in municipal fraud." From 1866 to 1871 William Marcy Tweed's notorius organization plundered the city of money in amounts astonishing even by tod... more »ay's standards. An intriguing study of large scale graft and of the rogues who perpetrated it, this book presents also a fully documented record of the activities of Boss Tweed and his henchmen.« less