Tweed's New York: Another Look

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Anchor Press, 1977 - Biography & Autobiography - 409 pages
Carefully recreates life in nineteenth-century New York to throw new light on William Marcy Tweed, often considered nothing more than a corrupt, power-hungry boss of Tammany Hill.

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Panic
8
Lincolns New York
79
Riot
86
Copyright

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About the author (1977)

Leo Hershkowitz was born in the Bronx, New York on November 21, 1924. He served in the Army, where he fixed airplane radios in Hawaii. He received a bachelor's degree from Hunter College, a master's degree from Columbia College, and a Ph.D. from New York University. His expertise was New York City history and the early history of Jews in the city. He began teaching history at Queens College in 1960 and taught there for about 50 years. He also taught at New York University. He wrote several books including Tweed's' New York: Another Look. He died from polycythemia vera, a slow-growing blood cancer, on August 10, 2017 at the age of 92.

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