Boss Tweed Audiobook : The Images and a five minute sample
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: SpoilsPeter B. Sweeny Richard Connolly A. Oakey Hall





Harpers Weekly, January 14, 1871
Chapter 8: I Pledge Myself to Persevere




Harper's Weekly, July 29, 1871
Chapter 11: Disclosure

Harper's Weekly, August 19, 1871
Chapter 12: Panic




Frank Leslie's Illustrated, October 7, 1871
Chapter 15: Numbers



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