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The Life & Times of Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague: I Am the Law

The Life & Times of Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague: I Am the Law

Vernon, Leonard F.

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Historical FiguresPolitical BiographiesRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $21.99

ISBN10: 1609494687
ISBN13: 9781609494681
Publisher: History Pr
Published: Nov 18 2011
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Explore the controversial life of New Jersey city mayor Frank Hague, whose propensity for corruption inspired a character on the television show Boardwalk Empire.

Frank Hague served as the mayor of Jersey City for much of the early twentieth century. While some believed him a thief, others viewed him as a modern-day Robin Hood. He could put food on your table or triple your taxes, give you a job or end your career. It was with this same ease and power that he could make you a federal judge, a congressman or even a United States senator. He has been remembered including through a character on the popular TV drama Boardwalk Empire as one of the most corrupt politicians of the century. But in this biography, Leonard Vernon reexamines Hague's deeds, prompting a new understanding of his life and the memory of politicians of the era.

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