TY - BOOK AU - Welch,Richard F. TI - King of the Bowery: Big Tim Sullivan, Tammany Hall, and New York City from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era T2 - Excelsior Editions Series SN - 9781438431833 AV - E664.S95 W45 2010 PY - 2009/// CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Sullivan, Timothy Daniel,--1862-1913 KW - United States.--Congress.--House--Biography KW - Tammany Hall--History KW - Legislators--United States--Biography KW - Politicians--New York (State)--New York--Biography KW - Political corruption--New York (State)--New York--History KW - New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--19th century KW - New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--20th century KW - New York (N.Y.)--Biography KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- King of the Bowery -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The City and the Machine -- 2. Upward Mobility -- 3. Running the Game -- 4. Taking His Opportunities as He Saw Them -- 5. Extracurricular Activities -- Constituent Service -- Investor and Producer -- 6. No Final Victories -- 7. George and Charlie and Willie and Tim -- 8. The Progressive -- 9. The Last Hurrah -- 10. Decline and Fall -- 11. Legacies -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - The first full-length biography of Timothy D. "Big Tim" Sullivan, who dominated New York City politics in the three decades prior to World War I UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3407283 ER -