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Big City Boss in Depression and War: Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago
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Publication Date: April 1st, 1984
Publisher:
Northern Illinois University Press
ISBN:
9780875800981
Pages:
228
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Description
The first full-length biography of Edward J. Kelly tells the vivid story of the rough-hewn politician who became one of Chicago's most powerful mayors. With the help of Pat Nash, Mayor Kelly built the Democratic Machine of which Richard J. Daley was to be a chief beneficiary. An enterprising political strategist, Kelly amassed a concentration of political power by drawing traditionally Republican black voters into the Democratic fold, allying the Machine with New Deal policies, and tapping the resources of organized crime.