Orville D. Menard

River City Empire (eBook, ePUB)

Tom Dennison's Omaha

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Produktbeschreibung

More than any other political boss of the early twentieth century, Thomas Dennison, "the Rogue who ruled Omaha," was a master of the devious. Unlike his contemporaries outside the Midwest, he took no political office and was never convicted of a crime during his thirty-year reign. He was a man who managed saloons but never cared for alcohol; who may have incited the Omaha Race Riot of 1919 but claimed he never harmed a soul; who stood aside while powerful men did his bidding. His power came not from coercion or nobility but from delegation and subterfuge.

Orville D. Menard chronicles Dennison's life in River City Empire, beginning with Dennison's experiences in Colorado mining towns. In 1892 Dennison came to Omaha, Nebraska, where he married and started a family while solidifying his position as an influential political boss. Menard explores machine politics in Omaha as well as the man behind this machine, describing how Dennison steered elections, served the...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780803255869
• Artikelnr.: 40435397

Autorenporträt

Orville D. Menard is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is the author of Rulo to Lynch with Lewis and Clark: A Guide and Narrative and The Army and the Fifth Republic . Laurie Smith Camp is chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introduction
Preface
I Formation
II Penetration
III Association
IV Association--II
V Operations: Elections
VI Operations: The Business Communities
VII Operations: Justice
VIII Assassination
IX Destruction
X Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index