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041 0 _aeng
100 0 _aMilligan, Maurice M.
245 1 0 _aMissouri Waltz :
_bthe inside story of the penderganst machine by the man who smashed it /
_cby Maurice M. Milligan.
260 _aNew York ;
_bC. Scribner's Sons
_aLondon :
_bC. Scribner's Sons, Ltd.,
_c1948.
300 _axiii, 281 p. :
_bportrait ;
_c22 cm.
500 _aPub. also under title: The inside story of the Pendergast machine by the man who smashed it.
505 0 _aCont.: 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.
600 1 0 _aPendergast, Tom,
_d1870-1945.
650 1 4 _aMissouri
_xPolitics and government
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