Rogues and Redeemers: When Politics Was King in Irish Boston

by Gerard O'Neill

From the bestselling coauthor of Black Mass , a behind-the-scenes portrait of the Irish power brokers who forged and fractured twentieth-century Boston. ? Rogues and Redeemers tells the hidden story of Boston politics--the cold-blooded ward bosses, the smoke-filled rooms, the larger-than-life pols who became national figures: Honey Fitz, the crafty stage Irishman and grandfather to a president; the pugilistic Rascal King, Michael Curley; the hectored...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307405362
• ISBN13: 9780307405364
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 401 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"