Wicked Pittsburgh

Muckraking journalist Walter Liggett dubbed Pittsburgh the "Metropolis of Corruption" in 1930 when he reported the city had more vice per square foot than New York, Detroit, Cleveland or Boston. Decades earlier, the Magee-Flinn political machine ruled public officials, and crooked police helped rack...

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Main Author: Gazarik, Richard, 1949- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2018.
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