Challenging the Daley Machine: A Chicago Alderman's Memoir

(Part of the Chicago Lives Series)

by Kenan Joseph Heise and Leon M. Despres

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Winner, 2006 Illinois State Historical Society Book Award
Winner, 2007 The Hyde Park Historical Society Paul Cornell Award

Political war stories from a thorn in the side of Chicago's famous Boss

In 1955, south-sider Leon Despres was elected to the Chicago City Council-the same year that Paddy Bauler famously uttered that "Chicago ain't ready for reform." Ready or not, Chicago got twenty years of reform efforts from Despres, one...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0810122235

ISBN13:9780810122239

Release Date:April 2005

Publisher:Northwestern University Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"

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(Part of the Chicago Lives Series)

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