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The Last Hurrah

by Edwin O'Connor

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Info:	Little Brown & Co (1956), Hardcover, 427 pages
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O'Connor's 1956 account of big-city politics, inspired by the career of longtime Boston Mayor James M. Curley, portrays its Irish-American political boss as a demagogue and a rogue who nonetheless deeply understands his constituents. The book was later made into a John Ford film staring Spencer Tracy.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:01 -0400)

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