Isbn: 9780201175998 - the rascal king: the life and times of james michael curley 1874-1958 (15 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Twice-jailed scoundrel and the people's champion, builder of hospitals and schools and shameless grafter, compelling orator and master of political farce, James Michael Curley was the stuff of legend long before his life became fiction in Edwin O'Connor's classic novel The Last Hurrah. As mayor of Boston, as congressman, as governor of Massachusetts, Curley rose from the Irish slums in a career extending from the Progressive Era of Teddy Roosevelt to the ascendancy of JFK. Beatty's spellbinding story of this remarkable man-and of his city, his people, and his times-is biography at its best.…

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Twice-jailed scoundrel and the people's champion, builder of hospitals and schools and shameless grafter, compelling orator and master of political farce, James Michael Curley was the stuff of legend long before his life became fiction in Edwin O'Connor's classic novel The Last Hurrah. As mayor of Boston, as congressman, as governor of Massachusetts, Curley rose from the Irish slums in a career extending from the Progressive Era of Teddy Roosevelt to the ascendancy of JFK. Beatty's spellbinding story of this remarkable man-and of his city, his people, and his times-is biography at its best.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Twice-jailed scoundrel and the people's champion, builder of hospitals and schools and shameless grafter, compelling orator and master of political farce, James Michael Curley was the stuff of legend long before his life became fiction in Edwin O'Connor's classic novel The Last Hurrah. As mayor of Boston, as congressman, as governor of Massachusetts, Curley rose from the Irish slums in a career extending from the Progressive Era of Teddy Roosevelt to the ascendancy of JFK. Beatty's spellbinding story of this remarkable man-and of his city, his people, and his times-is biography at its best.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket condition Fine. An Epic of Urban Politics and Irish Power. 571 pages, b/w photo sections, endnotes, index. Curley, 1874-1958, was a colorful Boston politician known as the Boss of Beantown. He was mayor of Boston and Governor of Massachusetts, was active in politics from the time of Theodore Roosevelt to JFK, and his life was fictionalized in the novel The Last Hurrah. New York Times Book Review clipping tucked in.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Da Capo Press, 1992. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. Spotting along page ends.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good copy with clean pages and dust jacket. Previous ownership stamp to front free end paper.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1992. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Cloth. 571 p. Index. Notes. Black and white photographs. The definitive biography of the larger-than-life James Michael Curley of Boston. Includes four newspaper clippings on Curley and the book. Fine in near fine dustjacket in mylar cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Very good or better in fine dust jacket. Pages clean. Writing on half-title page. Illustrated with black and white photos. Clean cover. Very light smudge on bottom corners of pages. Clean dust jacket.

Zustand: very good, very good. First Printing. 24 cm, 571, footnotes, bibliography, index, ink note on front endpaper. The life of James Michael Curley was the stuff of legend. A twice-jailed scoundrel, people's champion, builder of hospitals and schools, compelling orator, and master of political farce, he was the mayor of Boston, a Congressman, and Governor.…