Requiem: The Decline and Demise of Mayor Daley and His Era, by O'Connor, Len
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Requiem: The Decline and Demise of Mayor Daley and His Era, by O'Connor, Len. Contemporary Books Inc.: Chicago, 1977. Edition: No edition stated. ISBN: 0809279207. Hardcover, 8vo, 203 pages. Quarter bound in black cloth over gray boards; gilt lettering on spine. Includes Index.

Condition: Very Good in a Very Good jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped; top page edges grayed from shelf dust; jacket lightly rubbed and slighty worn at spine ends, with a few closed tears along upper margin at the back. Minor soiling showing on the white areas

Contents: Publisher's Note:

O'Connor relates what the doctors never told Daley after his 1974 operation to repair a blocked artery to his brain; why even his closest political cronies were saying behind his back, "The Old Man is losing his marbles"; how the big city boss was truly overcome by paranoia; and how Daley had personal control of some $15 million in contributions to the Democratic party of Chicago that went unaccounted for. Here we see Daley's control of hs world being snatched away from him bit by bit, as the king-maker tried desperately, almost pathetically, to elbow his way to the side of Jimmy Carter, to salvage something for himself in the Carter nomination. And here, for the first time, we are allowed into Dick Daley's private life, through the eyes of his closest personal friend andconfidant, Dr. Eric Oldberg.