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Article: King of the Bowery.(King of the Bowery: Big Time Sullivan, Tammany Hall, and New York City from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era )(Brief article)(Book review)
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- August 1, 2009
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King of the Bowery
Richard F. Welch
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
The Gatehouse M010C, 285 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940
9780838641767 $50.00 http://www.fdu.edu/newspubs/fdupress.html 1-609-655-4770
King of the Bowery: Big Time Sullivan, Tammany Hall, and New York City from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era is a scholarly, in-depth examination of Timothy D. "Big Tim" Sullivan, colloquially known as "King of the Lower East Side" or even "King of the Underworld" due to his behind-the-scenes influence in early twentieth century New York City politics. Sullivan became the single most powerful New York politician by ...