Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. I. Once Upon a Tiger 1
4. II. Nurtured in Tammany's Realm 5
5. III. Ahearn the Elder: Squire of the Lower East Side 13
6. IV. Aheam the Younger: Not by Breadbaskets Alone 32
7. V. Days of Grandeur and Grime 60
8. VI. Changing of the Guard: The White House, City Hall, Tammany Hall 76
9. VII. The Little Flower: Scent and Odor 92
10. VIII. Tiger? What Tiger? Do You See a Tiger? 117
11. IX. Years of the Meek "me-ow" 135
12. X. Fission in Fusion: The Little Flower Withers Away 154
13. XI. O'Dwyer: A Knight in Rusty Armor 167
14. XII. War of the Halls: City Hall Versus Tammany Hall 188
15. XIII. "Bashful Berty's" Last Stand 208
16. XIV. The Captains and the Kings Depart 223
17. XV. A Wagnerian Opera Without Music 241
18. XVI. Of Tammany Men, Reformers and Reformed Reformers 268
19. Index 297