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11. Dez. 2022 · by Edwin O'Connor. “We’re living in a sensitive age, Cuke, and I’m not altogether sure you’re fully attuned to it.”. So says Irish-American politician Frank Skeffington—a cynical, corrupt 1950s mayor, and also an old-school gentleman who looks after the constituents of his New England city and enjoys their unwavering loyalty in return.
11. Jan. 2010 · The last hurrah Bookreader Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item ... The last hurrah by O'Connor, Edwin. Publication date 1956 Topics Boston (Mass.) -- Politics and government -- Fiction Publisher Boston, Little, Brown Coll ...
Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 2: 1956 Captain of the Queens/Beloved/In My Father's House/The Last Hurrah/Boon Island. Capt Harry Grattidge w/Richard Collier; Vina Delmar; Grace Nies Fletcher; Edwin O'Connor; Kenneth Roberts. Published by The Reader's Digest Association
The Last Hurrah. (1958 film) The Last Hurrah is a 1958 American political satire film adaptation of the 1956 novel The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor. It was directed by John Ford and stars Spencer Tracy as a veteran mayor preparing for yet another election campaign. Tracy was nominated as Best Foreign Actor by BAFTA and won the Best Actor Award ...
Another poignant tale of American politics is The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor. Set in an old and mainline northeastern city, the novel examines the dying days of machine politics when largess held voters in sway. Frank Skeffington, 72, believes he is entitled to one more term. His political compass loses its bearing against a young, charismatic challenger, void of political experience but ...
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25. Apr. 2016 · The Last Hurrah, a great novel written by Edwin O'Connor in 1955, is the best treatise on American state and local politics to this day. While it doesn't deal with the huge campaign contributions from lobbyists and special interest groups, it explains, in a great read, how our system works (or not). The story is about the Curley administration in Boston, MA. - the patronage, illicit ...
- Edwin O'Connor
25. Apr. 2016 · The Last Hurrah. Edwin O'Connor. University of Chicago Press, Apr 25, 2016 - Fiction - 450 pages. A corrupt mayor runs his final campaign in this “remarkably intelligent, informed, well-conceived, and highly readable” classic novel (Chicago Tribune). “We’re living in a sensitive age, Cuke, and I’m not altogether sure you’re fully ...
