Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics Audiobook (Free) | AudioBooksLoft

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics Audiobook (Free)

Summary:

In the times of Tammany Hall, politicians like George Washington Plunkitt spent their careers in service to the city–but 1st and foremost in the support of

the political model. Plunkitt seems never to have doubted exactly where he stood around the deeply corrupt, however amazingly effective politics and authorities in

which he spent his life; he was entirely and only it, and offered it his committed service while becoming a millionaire in return. He was instrumental in

expanding the brand new York City park system, in creating the Museum of Natural History, the 155th Street Viaduct, and several other public improvements–and he

profited handsomely from his insider’s understanding of the real estate aspects of them all. In this book, William L. Riordan, among the “muckracker”

journalists, information Plunkitt’s take on politics in Plunkitt’s own words–as delivered from the bootblack stand in the brand new York Region Courthouse, Plunkitt’s

only office. His undertake existence, politics, and morality is really as delightfully frank as it is astonishingly cynical. Enjoy!

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