River City Empire Tom Dennison's Omaha |
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| Author:
| Menard, Orville D. |
| Foreword by:
| Smith Camp, Laurie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-4833-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Imprint: | Bison Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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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. Orville D. Menard chronicles Dennison's life. He explores machine politics in Omaha as well as the man behind this machine, describing how Dennison steered elections, served the legitimate and illegitimate...
More DescriptionMore 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. Orville D. Menard chronicles Dennison's life. He explores machine politics in Omaha as well as the man behind this machine, describing how Dennison steered elections, served the legitimate and illegitimate business communities, and administered justice boss-style to control crime and corruption.