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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- One - Early Years, 1872-1894 -- Two - Apprenticeship, 1895-1910 -- Three - Rise, 1911-1925 -- Four - Power, 1926-1932 -- Five - Debacle, 1933-1938 -- Six - Downfall, 1935- 1939 -- Seven - Prison, 1939-1940 -- Eight - Final Days, 19…
"Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1872, Tom Pendergast moved to Kansas City around 1890 to work for his brother James, founder of the Pendergast "Goat" faction in Kansas City Democratic politics. In 1911, Pendergast became head of the Goats, and over the next fifteen years he cr…