Mike Royko (1932–1997)
Författare till Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago
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Mike Royko was born in Chicago in 1932 and for much of his youth lived in the flat above his family's tavern on Milwaukee Avenue. Not only did he become the most widely read columnist in Chicago history, but his column was syndicated in more than 600 newspapers across the country. He was also the visa mer author of the classic account of city machine politics, Boss. Mike Royko's last column in the Chicago Tribune appeared in March 1997, a month before his death. His memorial service was held on a sunny day in Wrigley Field. visa färre
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The Man with the Golden Arm: 50th Anniversary Critical Edition (1999) — Bidragsgivare — 431 exemplar
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- 1932-09-19
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- 1997-04-29
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- Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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- USA
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- brain aneurysm
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- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- journalist
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- Royko, David (son)
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- Chicago Daily News
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Tribune - Priser och utmärkelser
- Pulitzer Prize (Commentary, 1972)
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (2011)
16" Softball Hall of Fame
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- 1,252
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- #20,488
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- 4.0
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Aside from that, the book is a fascinating and illuminating portrait of the mess machine politics and--despite the author's desperate attempts to obscure the basic point--post-New Deal Democratic control has made of America's big cities. The concentration of power into all levels of government to "plan" development translates here into a sordid and corrupt tale whose casualties are the outs--racially, politically, and otherwise--, the poor, and even the ins when their "boss" decides to chuck them over the side. The most amazing part of the story is that the city of Chicago has managed to persist at all in spite of the sad excuse for "planning" and "management" provided by the likes of people described within these pages.… (mer)