Despite efforts to capture him in
biographies and magazine articles,
Chicago s Mayor Daley has hitherto
defied encapsulation. No more. Len
O Connor, the leading Chicago
political analyst, has written what will
likely be hailed as the finest, and most
controversial, political biography of
the year.
From a political point of view,
Daley and Chicago are virtually synon-
ymous. Yet it was not always so, of
course, and O Connor explains, in
detail, how Daley came to power, how
he eliminated or otherwise brought his
opponents under control, how the
way was paved for him by allies he
later turned out. In short, O Connor
provides the definitive treatment of
Daley s early years.
No less important, and every bit as
interesting, is O Connor s treatment of
the twenty years during which Daley
has been mayor. Here are laid out, for
the first time, the workings of the
Daley machine, the successes and the
abject failures of one of the twentieth
century s most astute and puzzling
political animals.
O Connor, with his unequalled
political connections, takes the reader
into secret meetings, behind the
scenes in council meetings, into the
wards and precincts. Here the often
obscure but influential names of
Chicago s and the nation s political
present and past take on flesh, be-
come real: National Committeeman
Jacob Arvey; President Kennedy, his
father Joe Kennedy, and the rest of
the clan; President of the County
Board Dan Ryan; Alderman Paddy
Bauler; Federal Judges Kerner and
Lynch-and on and on. What makes
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