A bold dream to connect the Hudson to the Great Lakes by canal created a transportation revolution
AMERICAN CHARACTERS
Thus Boss Richard Croker breezily dismissed charges of corruption. But the fortune he made from “honest graft” was not enough to buy him what he most wanted
The 1910 race for the mayoralty of New York looked like a tough one.
Once upon a time an honest man ran for mayor of New York City — and, naturally, lost
Part hero, part rogue, Boston’s Jim Curley triumphed over the Brahmins in his heyday, but became in the end a figure of pity.
In a day of rampant money-making, gentle Peter Cooper was not only a reformer but successful, widely loved, and rich.