Big Bill Thompson, Chicago, and the politics of image
There are politics, politicians, and scandals, but only in Chicago can any combination of these spark the kind of fireworks they do. And no other American city has had a mayor like William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson, not in any of his political incarnations. A brilliant chameleon of a politician, Thompson could move from pro- to anti-prohibition, from opposing the Chicago Teachers Federation to opposing a superintendent hostile to it, from being anti-Catholic to winning, in huge numbers, the Catholic vote
Biography
273 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780252023651, 9780252066689, 025202365X, 0252066685
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Cowboy to commodore
Reform images
The apparent war critic
More images : race, place, and politics
New appeals, temporary retreat
Reform comes to town
A machine without Democrats, a demagogue before Long
Victors' history : Capone, Thompson, Depression
Changing roles