American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley-His Battle for Chicago and the Nation

The story of an American city, an iron-fisted mayor, and an era of protest and turmoil: "Superb . . . one of the finest political biographies of recent years." —Library Journal

This is the story of Mayor Richard J. Daley and his rise from the working-class Irish neighborhood of his childhood to his role as one of the most important figures in twentieth-century American politics. It's a tale of the birth of a family dynasty; of simmering racial tensions; of the Chicago machine; of a nation...