The Pendergast Machine

Dorsett, Lyle W. The Pendergast Machine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. 

Annotation: 

The Pendergast Machine is an expansion on Lyle Dorsett's master's thesis from the University of Kansas City, and is the earliest scholarly work to offer a comprehensive examination of the machine from its earliest days to its emerging statewide influence and its eventual collapse in 1939. Also included is a short but helpful bibliographic essay and ward maps that clarify the locations where the machine built its power base.

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