Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall

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Title:

Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall

Author:

Johnson, Suzan.

Personal Author:

Johnson, Suzan.

Publication Information:

Detroit, [Mich.] : Blackbirch Press, [2002]

Physical Description:

112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Notorious Americans and their times

Notorious Americans and their times.

Summary:

Examines the actions of Boss Tweed, the powerful, influential, and corrupt public works commissioner for New York City from 1863-1871, and of the political organization that he and his associates controlled.

Language:

English

Contents:

"They can't read-- but they can see pictures!" -- New York born and bred -- A city grows, a boss rises -- Dawn of the gilded age -- The fall of the Tweed ring -- The Tweed legacy.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 9.1 3.0 62954.

Personal Subject:

Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878-Juvenile literature.

Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878.-Juvenile literature.

Corporate Subject:

Tammany Hall. -- Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Tweed Ring -- Juvenile literature.

Political corruption -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.

Politicians -- Juvenile literature.