From The Ward To The White House: The Irish In American Politics by George E. Reedy
From The Ward To The White House: The Irish In American Politics

George E. Reedy

From The Ward To The White House: The Irish In American Politics

George E. Reedy

212 pages first pub 1991 (view editions)

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George Reedy tells the story of the Irish in American politics--up to the "last hurrah" of Jack Kennedy and Tip O'Neill. Despite illiteracy, poverty and public contempt in the late 19th century, the Irish built powerful urban political machines. T...

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