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River City Empire : Tom Dennison's Omaha.

More than any other political boss of the early twentieth century, Thomas Dennison, "the Rogue who ruled Omaha," was a master of the devious. Unlike his contemporaries outside the Midwest, he took no political office and was never convicted of a crime during his thirty-year reign. He was a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Menard, Orville D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : UNP - Bison Books, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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