King of the Bowery is a lively, scholarly account of the life and times of Timothy J. Sullivan, a.k.a. Big Tim—a moniker that described Sullivan’s physical and political presence and distinguished him from his cousin and consigliore, Little Tim. It is also a necessary book for anyone unsatisfied by the usual histories of Irish-American urban political machines, which reduce (...)
May 22, 2009
Books
Who's the Boss?
King of the BoweryBig Tim Sullivan, Tammany Hall, and New York City from the Gilded Age to the Progressive EraRichard F. WelchFairleigh Dickinson University Press, $50, 224 pp.
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