American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley–His Battle for Chicago and the Nation
May 2001 · Hachette+ORM
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The story of an American city, an iron-fisted mayor, and an era of protest and turmoil: "Superb . . . one of the finest political biographies of recent years." — Library Journal
This is the story of Mayor Richard J. Daley and his rise from the working-class Irish neighborhood of his childhood to his role as one of the most important figures in twentieth-century American politics. It's a tale of the birth of a family dynasty; of simmering racial tensions; of the Chicago machine; of a national Democratic convention marred by violent clashes between demonstrators and police; and of the decline of the big city bosses.
"The first full-length biography of one of the most fascinating and enigmatic characters of modern American political history." — The New York Times Book Review
"Fascinatingly detailed . . . the authors do an excellent job of exposing the tragic racial history of postwar America." — Boston Book Review
"A compelling social history of mid-century Chicago." — The New Yorker
This is the story of Mayor Richard J. Daley and his rise from the working-class Irish neighborhood of his childhood to his role as one of the most important figures in twentieth-century American politics. It's a tale of the birth of a family dynasty; of simmering racial tensions; of the Chicago machine; of a national Democratic convention marred by violent clashes between demonstrators and police; and of the decline of the big city bosses.
"The first full-length biography of one of the most fascinating and enigmatic characters of modern American political history." — The New York Times Book Review
"Fascinatingly detailed . . . the authors do an excellent job of exposing the tragic racial history of postwar America." — Boston Book Review
"A compelling social history of mid-century Chicago." — The New Yorker
The story of an American city, an iron-fisted mayor, and an era of protest and turmoil: "Superb . . . one of the finest political biographies of recent years." — Library Journal
This is the story of Mayor Richard J. Daley and his rise from the working-class Irish neighborhood of his childhood t...
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Elizabeth Taylor was born in London on February 27, 1932. At age 3, she already had extensive ballet training and danced for British princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose at London's Hippodrome. Her family moved to the United States at the onset of World War II. In 1942, she made her screen debut with a small part in the comedy There's One Born Every Minute. She starred in more than 50 movies during her lifetime including Lassie Come Home, National Velvet, Father of the Bride, A Place in the Sun, Giant, Raintree County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, and The Taming of the Shrew. She won two Academy Awards for Butterfield 8 in 1960 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966. She also received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her advocacy for AIDS research and for other causes in 1993. She was married a total of eight times and her husbands included Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher, and Richard Burton. She wrote several books during her lifetime including Elizabeth Takes Off on Self-Esteem and Self-Image, Elizabeth Taylor: An Informal Memoir, and Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry. She died of congestive heart failure on March 23, 2011 at the age of 79.
Adam Cohen graduated from Harvard Law School and was an education-reform lawyer before becoming a journalist. He is assistant editorial page editor of The New York Times, where he has been a member of the editorial board since 2002. He was previously a senior writer for Time magazine. He is the author of several books including Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America, The Perfect Store: Inside eBay, and Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck. He is the co-author of American Pharaoh: Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation.
Elizabeth Taylor was born in London on February 27, 1932. At age 3, she already had extensive ballet training and danced for British princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose at London's Hippodrome. Her family moved to the United States at the onset of World War II. In 1942, she made her screen debu...
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