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1 online resource (546 pages) |
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Foreword; Introduction; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter I. Formation; Chapter II. Penetration; Chapter III. Association; Chapter IV. Association-II; Chapter V. Operations: Elections; Chapter VI. Operations: The Business Communities; Chapter VII. Operations: Justice; Chapter VIII. Assassination; Chapter IX. Destruction; Chapter X. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
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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. 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 chron |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Dennison, Tom, 1859-1934.
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Dennison, Tom, 1859-1934 |
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Political corruption -- Nebraska -- Omaha -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
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Political corruption
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Politics and government
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Omaha (Neb.) -- Politics and government
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Nebraska -- Omaha
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780803255869 |
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0803255861 |
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