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| Title | Crossroads of America: The Story of Kansas City |
| Abstract | Chapter of the book about Tom Pendergast (1872-1945), prominent political boss of Kansas City, succeeding his older brother James's political organization. Born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and coming to Kansas City in the 1890s as a worker in his brother's West Bottoms saloons before becoming a city council member in 1910 and later head of local organized crime with offices at 1908 Main Street. |
| Author | Darrell Garwood
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| Date | 1948 |
| Location | 977.8411 G24c |
| Chapter Title | 19 (A Kingdom for a Horse) |
| Page | 295-318 |
| Local Subject | Pendergast, Tom
Pendergast Family
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| Item Type | Book
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 116657 |
| CONTENTdm number | 6588 |
