Challenging the Daley Machine: A Chicago Alderman's Memoir

by Kenan Joseph Heise and Leon M. Despres

Winner, 2006 Illinois State Historical Society Book Award
Winner, 2007 The Hyde Park Historical Society Paul Cornell Award

Political war stories from a thorn in the side of Chicago's famous Boss

In 1955, south-sider Leon Despres was elected to the Chicago City Council-the same year that Paddy Bauler famously uttered that "Chicago ain't ready for reform." Ready or not, Chicago got twenty years of reform efforts from Despres, one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810122235
• ISBN13: 9780810122239
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"