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03446aam a22004698i 4500 001 D7A73418776911E3809E827FDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140107010125 008 130805s2013 nbu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013029665 020 $a 0803248334 (pbk. alk. paper) 020 $a 9780803248335 (pbk. alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)839395933 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-nb 050 00 $a JS1251.8 $b .M46 2013 082 00 $a 320.809782254 $2 23 084 $a POL010000 $a HIS036060 $a POL010000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Menard, Orville D. 240 10 $a Political bossism in mid-America 245 10 $a River City Empire : $b Tom Dennison's Omaha / $c Orville D. Menard ; foreword to the Bison Books edition by Laurie Smith Camp ; with a new introduction by the author. 263 $a 1309 264 1 $a Lincoln : $b Bison Books, $c 2013. 300 $a xxiii, 346 p. ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a "More than any other political boss of the early twentieth century, Thomas Dennison, "the Rogue who ruled Omaha," was a master of the devious. Unlike his contemporaries outside the Midwest, he took no political office and was never convicted of a crime during his thirty-year reign. He was a man who managed saloons but never cared for alcohol; who may have incited the Omaha Race Riot of 1919 but claimed he never harmed a soul; who stood aside while powerful men did his bidding. His power came not from coercion or nobility but from delegation and subterfuge. Orville D. Menard chronicles Dennison's life in River City Empire, beginning with Dennison's experiences in Colorado mining towns. In 1892 Dennison came to Omaha, Nebraska, where he married and started a family while solidifying his position as an influential political boss. Menard explores machine politics in Omaha as well as the man behind this machine, describing how Dennison steered elections, served the legitimate and illegitimate business communities, and administered justice boss-style to control crime and corruption. The microcosm of Omaha provides an opportunity for readers to explore bossism in a smaller environment and sheds light on the early twentieth-century American political climate as a whole. "--Provided by publisher. 520 $a "An exploration of political bossism and machine politics of the early twentieth century focused on Omaha, Nebraska, and Thomas Dennison"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Political corruption $z Omaha $z Omaha $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Omaha (Neb.) $x Politics and government. 600 10 $a Dennison, Tom, $d 1859-1934. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI). $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. $2 bisacsh 775 0 $i Revision of (expression): $a Menard, Orville D. $t Political bossism in mid-America $d Lanham : University Press of America, c1989. $h xiii, 346 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. $w (DLC) 88033697 941 $a 5 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210024713.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107045716.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171003035009.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20160923021202.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20141107011155.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D7A73418776911E3809E827FDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search