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100 1 $aLarsen, Lawrence H.$q(Lawrence Harold),$d1931-2017.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50037722
245 10 $aPendergast! /$cLawrence H. Larsen and Nancy J. Hulston.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axii, 237 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aMissouri biography series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-229) and index.
520 $aBorn in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1872, Tom Pendergast moved to Kansas City around 1890 to work for his brother James, founder of the Pendergast "Goat" faction in Kansas City Democratic politics. In 1911, Pendergast became head of the Goats, and over the next fifteen years he created a powerful political machine that used illegal voting and criminal enforcers to gain power. Following a change in the city charter in 1925, Pendergast took control of Kansas City and ran it as his own personal business.
520 8 $aIn the l930s, he received over $30 million annually from gambling, prostitution, and narcotics, putting him in the big leagues of American civic corruption. He also wielded great power in the National Democratic Party and started Harry S. Truman on the road to the presidency.
520 8 $aIn this well-balanced biography, the authors examine Pendergast's rise to power, his successes as a political leader, his compassion for the destitute, and his reputation for keeping his word. They also examine Pendergast's character development and how his methods became more and more ruthless. Pendergast had no use for ideology in his "invisible government" - only votes counted.
520 8 $aIn 1937 and 1938 the federal government broke the back of Pendergast's machine, convicting 259 of his campaign aides for vote fraud. In 1939 Pendergast, who was believed to be the largest bettor on horse racing in the United States, was jailed for income tax evasion, and he died in disgrace in 1945.
600 10 $aPendergast, Tom,$d1870-1945.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80020680
650 0 $aPoliticians$zMissouri$zKansas City$vBiography.
651 0 $aKansas City (Mo.)$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aPolitical corruption$zMissouri$zKansas City$xHistory$y20th century.
700 1 $aHulston, Nancy J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91800150
830 0 $aMissouri biography series.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90710456
852 00 $bglx$hF474.K253$iP465 1997