Audiobooks are heard, not seen, but the story of Boss Tweed is immersed in visual arts: newspaper cartoons, headlines, and charts. If you've downloaded the audiobook version, read by the excellent Scott Ellis, here are all the images from the story, laid out by chapter, either to follow while you listen or to enjoy later. If you haven't, here's a quick five-minute sample.
First, click here to hear a five-minute sample of the audiobook.
Now for the images-
Chapter 1: Alone
Harper's Weekly, January 26, 1878
Chapter 2: Riots
New York Governor Horatio Seymour
Harper's Weekly, September 3, 1864
Thomas Nast
Chapter 3: Ballots
Harper's Weekly, October 10, 1868
Chapter 4: Spoils
Peter B. Sweeny Richard Connolly A. Oakey Hall
Chapter 5: Park Row
Chapter 6: Whitewash
Jimmy O'Brien -
Harpers Weekly, January 14, 1871
Chapter 8: I Pledge Myself to Persevere
Chapter 9: The Wedding
William Tweed, Jr.
Chapter 10: July
Harper's Weekly, July 29, 1871
Chapter 11: Disclosure
Harper's Weekly, August 19, 1871
Chapter 12: Panic
Chapter 13: Tilden
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Frank Leslie's Illustrated, October 7, 1871
Chapter 15: Numbers
Chapter 17: Marked
Cartoon by R. Hoyt, 1871
Chapter 18: Law
Harper's Weekly, January 4, 1873
Chapter 20: Escape
Harper's Weekly, July 1, 1876
Chapter 23: Legacy
Harper's Weekly, October 21, 1871
