Close Personal Friends of the Mayor - Couverture souple

Stack, Michael

 
9781434306029: Close Personal Friends of the Mayor
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 143430602X ISBN 13 : 9781434306029
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2007

Synopsis

John Bell a Philadelphia lawyer has been recruited to work on a campaign to re-elect the incumbent mayor.He finds, almost at once, that he has become the eyes and ears of the real campaign manager, the old congressman from South Philadelphia, Bill Corcoran. Corcoran is shrewd, sagacious, experienced, and almost cynical in his approach to the personnel in the campaign.The party leaders meet in secret determined to dump the incumbent and replace him with a blue blood candidate.The coterie around Walsh who have styled themselves as "close personal friends of the Mayor" each has his own agenda and far down on the list for each is the re-election of the Mayor.Corcoran finds his way through the ambitions of "the friends" to put together an organization which will be capable of battling the "machine" of the Democratic Party. Corcoran levers Bell into the inner sanctum of the policy committee directing Walsh's campaign. He is met with hostility and stony silence from the "friends." Bell, because of Corcoran, moves to the forefront of the organization preparing the campaign for its forthcoming battle with machine democrats. This puts him direct conflict with Senator Joe one of the "friends" whose ultimate ambition is to lead the Democratic Party. Will Corcoran be able to combat the devious double-dealing of "the friends?" And at the same time marshal the forces to ensure an honest election and if he can, can the fractured party be put back together? Looming ahead after the primary election is the formidable Morey Stern, the youthful District Attorney of Philadelphia who is the Republican candidate for Mayor.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

John Bell a Philadelphia lawyer has been recruited to work on a campaign to re-elect the incumbent mayor.He finds, almost at once, that he has become the eyes and ears of the real campaign manager, the old congressman from South Philadelphia, Bill Corcoran. Corcoran is shrewd, sagacious, experienced, and almost cynical in his approach to the personnel in the campaign.The party leaders meet in secret determined to dump the incumbent and replace him with a blue blood candidate.The coterie around Walsh who have styled themselves as "close personal friends of the Mayor" each has his own agenda and far down on the list for each is the re-election of the Mayor.Corcoran finds his way through the ambitions of "the friends" to put together an organization which will be capable of battling the "machine" of the Democratic Party. Corcoran levers Bell into the inner sanctum of the policy committee directing Walsh's campaign. He is met with hostility and stony silence from the "friends." Bell, because of Corcoran, moves to the forefront of the organization preparing the campaign for its forthcoming battle with machine democrats. This puts him direct conflict with Senator Joe one of the "friends" whose ultimate ambition is to lead the Democratic Party. Will Corcoran be able to combat the devious double-dealing of "the friends?" And at the same time marshal the forces to ensure an honest election and if he can, can the fractured party be put back together? Looming ahead after the primary election is the formidable Morey Stern, the youthful District Attorney of Philadelphia who is the Republican candidate for Mayor.

Biographie de l'auteur

The author is a Philadelphia lawyer, a veteran defense attorney of over twenty murder trials, whose first-hand knowledge enhances the authenticity of the trial from the intense preparation; selection of the jury; dramatic delivery of courtroom dialogue and the final verdict.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
143430602X
ISBN 13 
9781434306029
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
284
Coordonnées du fabricant
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