Includes bibliographical references (pages 745-751) and index.
Contents
Part 1 1858-1886 -- The very small person -- The mind, but not the body -- The man with the morning in his face -- The swell in the dog-cart -- The political hack -- The cyclone assemblyman -- The fighting cock -- The dude from New York -- The honorable gentleman and the twenty-first -- The delegate-at-large -- The cowboy of the present -- The four-eyed maverick -- The long arm of the law -- The next mayor of New York -- Winter of the blue snow : 1886-1887 -- Part 2 1887-1901 -- The literary feller -- The silver-plated reform commissioner -- The dear old beloved brother -- The universe spinner -- The biggest man in New York -- The snake in the grass -- The glorius retreat -- The hot weather secretary -- The lieutenant colonel -- The rough rider -- The wolf rising in the heart -- The most famous man in America -- The boy governor -- The man of destiny.