Friday, January 31, 2014

Enhanced ReCast - HOTH 11 - History of Tammany Hall series

Enhanced ReCast - HOTH11 - History of Tammany Hall seriesWe continue our audio book series with Gordon Comstock reading chapters 28 and 29 of Gustavus Myer's History of Tammany Hall.

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Chapter Headings for this episode:

Chapter 28 - The Dictatorship of Richard Croker, 1886 - 1897

Chapter 29 - The Dictatorship of Richard Croker (Concluded), 1897 - 1901


Books/information mentioned in this episode:


Richard Croker




Hugh J. Grant



Thomas F. Gilroy



W. Bourke Cockran













Fourth Avenue Tunnel Gang



Franklin Edson



Abram Hewitt



Henry George

United Labor Party


Theodore Roosevelt


Grover Cleveland



James A. Flack


"The Divorce Conspiracy" article from The New York Times, August 14, 1889 (use Adobe Reader to read full article)


Edwin Einstein


Josef Stalin


regarding his quote about counting votes (see the Update towards the bottom of the page)



Clarence Lexow

Lexow Committee



James J. Martin

John C. Sheehan



Charles H. Parkhurst



William L. Strong



George E. Waring, Jr.



Robert Van Wyck











Joseph F. Daly


Thomas C. Platt










Other relevant information:












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