Download or read book Richard Croker Classic Reprint written by Alfred Henry Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Richard Croker To the Hon. Oliver H. P. Belmont. Dear Sir: As a mark of my respect and friendship, sentiments which find root in those several years we were together in relations of close social and business kind, I dedicate this volume to you. And thereby I more especially desire to testify my admiration of those qualities of honesty, courage, generous energy, and a fair and democratic Americanism which move you to strive in the general interest rather than the narrower service of yourself. Often I have considered that the most desperate test to which man's nature can be subjected is the inheritance of great wealth. To begin poor, and amass riches and retain them, and be safe from life's commencement to its close, are common and, indeed, natural conditions. But to be born with great wealth - to be wealthy without effort and when young, blights more frequently than it benefits, and becomes the very Reason of ruin oftener than anything else. One has but to call the roll of one's own acquaintance to be taught the perils that lie in ambush in a cradle full of gold. Beyond other effects such condition of earliest wealth is prone to sap one's energy and destroy one's hard capacity for toil. I do not now speak of him who picks up a system of gainful commerce when it falls from the dead hands of a forbear; who goes on with an existing enterprise which runs of its own momentum; and who offers the spectacle rather of being conducted by a business than of conducting one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Some Things Richard Croker Has Said and Done Classic Reprint written by Richard Croker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some Things Richard Croker Has Said and Done This pamphlet is not essentially an attack upon Mr. Croker it is an attempt to collect some of the more important facts which throw light upon the position and the character of the acknowledged leader of the political organization which controls the government of New York City. While it is not possible to vouch for the exact truth of all the statements quoted from the newspapers, care has been exercised to give only news paper articles believed to be substantially accurate. The fact that the newspaper writers in general assume certain things about Mr. Croker is a fact the significance of which Should not be overlooked. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Extraordinary Cases Classic Reprint written by Henry Lauren Clinton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Extraordinary Cases MY work entitled Extraordinary Cases having been received with generous favor by the profession, the public, and the press, I am encouraged to send forth another volume, containing sketches of other cele brated trials with which I was professionally connect ed during my forty years' active practice of law in the city of New York. For the last hundred years there have been no trials in this country of more intense and thrilling interest than some of those recorded in this volume, especially the trial of Mrs. Cunningham for the murder of Dr. Burdell, in 1857; the trial of wvilliam M. Tweed, in 1873, for ofiicial misconduct (which re sulted in his conviction and imprisonment); the case of John Kelly, the distinguished leader of Tammany Hall, against Mayor iiavemeyer, for libel; and the trial of Richard Croker, the noted politician, for the murder of John mckenna, in 1874. In the language of the Pref ace to my former work, which is equally applicable to the present one, There are a few cases of peculiar and extraordinary character which, if published, never lose their interest. I have endeavored to embrace such, and only such, in this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The New York Chronology written by James Trager and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 4679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a city like no other comes a book like no other. The New York Chronology tells the epic story of how a remote trading outpost and fishing village grew into the "world's capital" as we know it today. In tens of thousands of chronological entries, James Trager marches year by year through both the defining and incidental moments in the city's history, from the arrival of Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verrazano in 1524 to the sad closing of Ratner's Delicatessen on the Lower East Side "after 97 years of serving blintzes, kasha, latkes, and matzoh brei." With impeccable scholarship, humor, and an astonishing level of detail, Trager's information-packed entries straddle 32 separate categories that define this great metropolis. Turn to any year and you'll get a vivid sense of what life was like for New Yorkers at that time -- the political and financial developments that shaped their lives; the books, magazines, and newspapers they read; the restaurants, nightclubs, shows, and sporting events that entertained them; the fitful progress of their neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, public works, transportation systems, and so much more. Of course, New Yorkers themselves hold center stage, and The New York Chronology is loaded with eye-opening and colorful stories about its famous, infamous, and long-forgotten inhabitants. From society events and publicity stunts to scandals and murders, here are scores of offbeat tidbits that you simply won't find in a more conventional history. Handsomely illustrated with more than 130 photographs and drawings, it is an entertainingand essential book for New York lovers -- a homage as grand as the city itself.
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Download or read book General Catalogue of the Public Library of Detroit Mich Supplement written by Detroit Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: 1. 1889-1893.--2. 1894-1898.--3. 1899-1903.
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