Missouri Waltz : the inside story of the penderganst machine by the man who smashed it /
Milligan, Maurice M.
Missouri Waltz : the inside story of the penderganst machine by the man who smashed it / by Maurice M. Milligan. - New York ; London : C. Scribner's Sons C. Scribner's Sons, Ltd., 1948. - xiii, 281 p. : portrait ; 22 cm.
Pub. also under title: The inside story of the Pendergast machine by the man who smashed it.
Cont.: Foreshadows. Strictly personal -- I discover the meaning of hot spot -- The boss: a long-range view -- Tale of two cities. Roots in St. Joe -- K.C. -- Brother Jim and the West Bottoms -- The apt apprentice -- The industrious journeyman -- Portrait of a boss. Goats and rabbits -- Wide open -- The fitness of things -- The know-how -- Blood and ballots. Union station massacre -- Vote frauds -- Smash up! The insurance scandal -- Sentence -- Leavenworth -- An evil heritage. Inheritors of the mantle -- "Buy yourself some beer" -- The mills of the Gods.
Pendergast, Tom, 1870-1945.
Missouri--Politics and government
Missouri Waltz : the inside story of the penderganst machine by the man who smashed it / by Maurice M. Milligan. - New York ; London : C. Scribner's Sons C. Scribner's Sons, Ltd., 1948. - xiii, 281 p. : portrait ; 22 cm.
Pub. also under title: The inside story of the Pendergast machine by the man who smashed it.
Cont.: Foreshadows. Strictly personal -- I discover the meaning of hot spot -- The boss: a long-range view -- Tale of two cities. Roots in St. Joe -- K.C. -- Brother Jim and the West Bottoms -- The apt apprentice -- The industrious journeyman -- Portrait of a boss. Goats and rabbits -- Wide open -- The fitness of things -- The know-how -- Blood and ballots. Union station massacre -- Vote frauds -- Smash up! The insurance scandal -- Sentence -- Leavenworth -- An evil heritage. Inheritors of the mantle -- "Buy yourself some beer" -- The mills of the Gods.
Pendergast, Tom, 1870-1945.
Missouri--Politics and government