Toms Town Kansas City And The Pendergast Legend

Author : William M. Reddig
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 0826204988

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Tom's Town by William M. Reddig Pdf

The Pendergast machine rose to power riding the industrial and business boom of the 1920s, strengthened its grip during the chaos of the depression years, and grew fat and arrogant during the spending spree that followed. It fell apart in a fantastic series of crimes, including voting fraud and tax evasion, that shocked the nation and resulted in the incarceration of Tom Pendergast in a federal prison in 1939. Now available in paperback with a foreword by Charles Glaab, William M. Reddig's political and social history of Kansas City from the mid-1800s to 1945, focusing on the lives of Alderman Jim Pendergast and especially his younger sibling, Big Tom Pendergast, chronicles both the influence of the brothers on the growing metropolitan area and the national phenomenon of bossism. "The story of the Pendergasts has been told ... in many places and in many ways. It has hardly been told anywhere, however, with more fascinating detail and healthy irony than in this volume of William M. Reddig." --New York Times "Reddig has written his history of the Pendergast machine in a reportorial style which manages to combine plain city desk prose with a great deal of humor, irony, and insight. He has dwelt with obvious delight on the local characters, the factions, and feuds, and has given several brilliant personality sketches." --Saturday Review of Literature

Author : William M Reddig
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1297511077

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Toms Town Kansas City and the Pendergast Legend by William M Reddig Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : William M. Reddig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298031907

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Toms Town Kansas City and the Pendergast Legend - Scholar's Choice Edition by William M. Reddig Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Margaret R. O'Leary
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462025046

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Adventures at Wohelo Camp by Margaret R. O'Leary Pdf

This is the true story of the 1928 Wohelo camp experience of fourteen-year-old Emily Sophian (19131994) of Kansas City, Missouri. The story is told in part through letters to her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Abraham Sophian, and to her schoolteachers, Mre Emmanuel and Mre Irene of the Roman Catholic Notre Dame de Sion School in Kansas City. Luther and Charlotte Gulick founded Wohelo in 1907 as the first American summer camp dedicated exclusively to girls. Both founders came from American Protestant missionary families. Clad in middy, bloomers, over-the-knee stockings, and tennis shoes, Emily chronicled with compassion and insight her struggles, triumphs, and observations of camp life on the shores of Sebago Lake in the backwoods of Maine.

Author : Margaret R. O'Leary,Dennis S. O'Leary
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781450283311

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Tragedy at Graignes by Margaret R. O'Leary,Dennis S. O'Leary Pdf

Tragedy at Graignes tells the story of Captain Bud Sophian, the only US Army officer who did not flee Graignes, France, as the Waffen SS overran the American positions and stormed the village. Sophian was a surgeon, and he refused to abandon the fourteen wounded paratroopers in his care. He surrendered by waving a white flag at the door of the badly shelled Norman church where his aid station was located. He hoped for fair prisoner treatment in accordance with the Geneva Convention of 1929. The German troops instead committed unspeakable atrocities, leaving many of the American prisoners mutilated in grotesque heaps. All of the American prisoners, including Sophian, were killed. Captain Sophians judgment and actions in the US Army were the culmination of the rich and challenging life he led prior to the Second World War. Buds correspondence with his sister and other Sophian archival materials tell the story of this compelling life. These letters are reproduced verbatim in Tragedy at Graignes: The Bud Sophian Story so that Bud and other authors may speak directly to you and to the historical record.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1328 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498587

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1340 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : American drama
ISBN : UOM:39015062316495

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Catalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1454 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124489555

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Books in Print by Anonim Pdf

Author : K G Saur Books
Publisher : K. G. Saur
Page : 1196 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3598238835

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Guide to Reprints by K G Saur Books Pdf

Author : Saul Alinsky
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307756886

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Reveille for Radicals by Saul Alinsky Pdf

Legendary community organizer Saul Alinsky inspired a generation of activists and politicians with Reveille for Radicals, the original handbook for social change. Alinsky writes both practically and philosophically, never wavering from his belief that the American dream can only be achieved by an active democratic citizenship. First published in 1946 and updated in 1969 with a new introduction and afterword, this classic volume is a bold call to action that still resonates today.

Author : E.L. Abel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781489921895

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Marihuana by E.L. Abel Pdf

Of all the plants men have ever grown, none has been praised and denounced as often as marihuana (Cannabis sativa). Throughout the ages, marihuana has been extolled as one of man's greatest benefactors and cursed as one of his greatest scourges. Marihuana is undoubtedly a herb that has been many things to many people. Armies and navies have used it to make war, men and women to make love. Hunters and fishermen have snared the most ferocious creatures, from the tiger to the shark, in its herculean weave. Fashion designers have dressed the most elegant women in its supple knit. Hangmen have snapped the necks of thieves and murderers with its fiber. Obstetricians have eased the pain of childbirth with its leaves. Farmers have crushed its seeds and used the oil within to light their lamps. Mourners have thrown its seeds into blazing fires and have had their sorrow transformed into blissful ecstasy by the fumes that filled the air. Marihuana has been known by many names: hemp, hashish, dagga, bhang, loco weed, grass-the list is endless. Formally christened Cannabis sativa in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus, marihuana is one of nature's hardiest specimens. It needs little care to thrive. One need not talk to it, sing to it, or play soothing tranquil Brahms lullabies to coax it to grow. It is as vigorous as a weed. It is ubiquitous. It fluorishes under nearly every possible climatic condition.

Author : Karl Johnson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0805074066

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The Magician and the Cardsharp by Karl Johnson Pdf

A biography set against the backdrop of Depression-era America traces the efforts of famed magician Dai Vernon, who wandered the backroads and shady underworld of the Midwest in search of a mysterious, legendary cardsharp.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Blues (Music)
ISBN : IND:30000107228912

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Living Blues by Anonim Pdf

Author : Chuck Haddix
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252095177

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Bird by Chuck Haddix Pdf

Saxophone virtuoso Charlie "Bird" Parker began playing professionally in his early teens, became a heroin addict at 16, changed the course of music, and then died when only 34 years old. His friend Robert Reisner observed, "Parker, in the brief span of his life, crowded more living into it than any other human being." Like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, he was a transitional composer and improviser who ushered in a new era of jazz by pioneering bebop and influenced subsequent generations of musicians. Meticulously researched and written, Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker tells the story of his life, music, and career. This new biography artfully weaves together firsthand accounts from those who knew him with new information about his life and career to create a compelling narrative portrait of a tragic genius. While other books about Parker have focused primarily on his music and recordings, this portrait reveals the troubled man behind the music, illustrating how his addictions and struggles with mental health affected his life and career. He was alternatively generous and miserly; a loving husband and father at home but an incorrigible philanderer on the road; and a chronic addict who lectured younger musicians about the dangers of drugs. Above all he was a musician, who overcame humiliation, disappointment, and a life-threatening car wreck to take wing as Bird, a brilliant improviser and composer. With in-depth research into previously overlooked sources and illustrated with several never-before-seen images, Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker corrects much of the misinformation and myth about one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Contaminated sediments
ISBN : UCR:31210018941359

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The Incidence and Severity of Sediment Contamination in Surface Waters of the United States by Anonim Pdf