 | A Stripe of Tammany''s Tiger Subjects: Tammany Hall; Politics Practical -- New York (State) -- New York; New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1898–1951; New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951–; This fascinating book chronicles the evolution--or rather devolution--of New York City politics through through the first seven decades of the twentieth century. Louis Eisenstein, a Navy (World War I) veteran, worked for the post office, the IRS, the New York City Department of Finance, and the New York State Senate. He was a Tammany Hall precinct captain from the 1920s through the 1950s. Elliot Rosenberg, his nephew, was a high school teacher in New York City for thirty years. |
