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The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
Wolraich, Michael
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The riveting story of how the murder of prostitute Vivian Gordon brought about the downfall of the mayor of New York City and an end to the dominance of Tammany Hall. "Propulsive. . . . Unlike the sensationalist reporters of the era, Wolraich manages to handle even the seediest of underworlds with reportorial spareness and elegance, treating his material more as a nonfiction political thriller than a true-crime whodunit. . . . The Gordon murder and Seabury hearings might have long since faded from public memory, but their prism into corruption and ruthless opportunism remains ever relevant."--New York Times Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty clothesline wrapped around her neck. At her stylish Manhattan apartment, detectives discovered notebooks full of names--businessmen, socialites, gangsters. And something else: a letter from an anti-corruption commission established by Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Led by the imperious Judge Samuel Seabury, the commission had uncovered a police conspiracy to frame women as prostitutes. Had Vivian Gordon been executed to bury her secrets? As FDR pressed the police to solve her murder, Judge Seabury pursued the trail of corruption to the top of Gotham's powerful political machine--the infamous Tammany Hall.
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UNION SQUARE & CO
Bisac Major Subject
True Crime
Binding Type
Paperback
Country Of Origin
US
Number Of Units
1
Length
8.9 Inches
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EAN
Width
6.0 Inches
Publication Date
1970-01-01
Height
1.0 Inches
ISBN 10
1454956925
Weight
1.15 Pounds
Book EAN
9781454956921
Target Audiance
Adults
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