Ackerman, Kenneth D.

Boss Tweed : the rise and fall of the corrupt pol who conceived the soul of modern New York / K.D. Ackerman. - 1st Carroll & Graf ed. - New York : [Berkeley, Calif.] : Carroll & Graf Publishers ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2005. - x, 437 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0786714352


Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878.


Politicians--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Tweed Ring.
Political corruption--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.


New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--To 1898.