Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Po litics

US: Penguin Publishing Group, 2015. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics William L. Riordan "Nobody thinks of drawin' the distinction between honest graft and dishones t graft." This classic work offers the unblushing, unvarnished wit and wisdom of one of the most fascinating figures ever to play the American political game an d win. George Washington Plunkitt rose from impoverished beginnings to beco me ward boss of the Fifteenth Assembly District in New York, a key player i n the powerhouse political team of Tammany Hall, and, not incidentally, a m illionaire. In a series of utterly frank talks given at his headquarters (G raziano's bootblack stand outside the New York County Court House), he reve aled to a sharp-eared and sympathetic reporter named William L. Riordan the secrets of political success as practiced and perfected by him and fellow Tammany Hall titans. The result is not only a volume that reveals more abou t our political system than does a shelfful of civics textbooks, but also a n irresistible portrait of a man who would feel happily at home playing bal l with today's lobbyists and king makers, trading votes for political and f inancial favors. Doing for twentieth-century America what Machiavelli did for Renaissance It aly, and as entertaining as it is instructive, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall is essential reading for those who prefer twenty-twenty vision to rose-colored glasses in viewing how our government works and why. With an Introduction by Peter Quinn and a New.