Mayor Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigma

Erastus Corning 2nd was elected mayor of Albany eleven times, serving forty-two consecutive years, a tenure unsurpassed in American political history. Now available in paperback, Paul Grondahl's thoroughly researched and comprehensive biography of Albany's "mayor for life" offers a full, sweeping portrait of Corning, the charming, cunning, patrician front man for the dictatorial Albany Democratic machine. Filled with insight and anecdotes, this biography reveals the enigmatic mayor in ways even his closest associates never imagined.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 09/07/2007
ISBN: 9780791472941
Pages: 626
Weight: 1.99lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.32w x 1.50d