Mayor Corning

Mayor Corning
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 628
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ISBN-10 : 9780791479094
ISBN-13 : 0791479099
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Mayor Corning by : Paul Grondahl

Download or read book Mayor Corning written by Paul Grondahl and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2007-09-07 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erastus Corning 2nd was elected mayor of Albany eleven times, serving forty-two consecutive years, a tenure unsurpassed in American political history. Now available in paperback, Paul Grondahl's thoroughly researched and comprehensive biography of Albany's "mayor for life" offers a full, sweeping portrait of Corning, the charming, cunning, patrician front man for the dictatorial Albany Democratic machine. Filled with insight and anecdotes, this biography reveals the enigmatic mayor in ways even his closest associates never imagined.


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