Solomon. When Leaders Were Bosses: An Inside Look at Political Machines and Politics

Solomon, Noal. When Leaders Were Bosses: An Inside Look at Political Machines and Politics. Hicksville, New York: Exposition Press, 1975. First Edition. ISBN: 0682483338. [10067] Blue cloth, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, dust jacket has a narrow stain bottom of front panel, now in a clear wrapper. x, 205 clean pp., tight, with b/w photo illustrations. Very good in very good dust-jacket. Hardcover. "From the monumental (for the time) corruption of Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall, to the vote-buying and graft of recent days, Mr. Solomon reports the misdeeds of those who power corrupted. But, as he shows, the decline of the bosses has not led to a purification of modern politics. His concluding chapters paint a disturbing picture." - publisher.