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Description:FOREWORD TH1. s book was not intended to be a formal biography of James J. Walker, or to contain a comprehensively critical analysis or evaluation of his career as State Legislator and Mayor of New York City, but, rather, to furnish a portrait of his personality as it is disclosed by certain phases of his life and activities. The authors were equally interested in presenting Mr. Walker as he appears to those who know him well and who understand him. Events however moved faster than the writing of the book and it was inevitable that the authors should deviate from their original plan to the extent of including a special chapter on the Legislative Inquiry, a proceeding which will probably go down in the annals of political history as a cause ckltbre. C O N T E N T S Page Greenwich Village - - - - - 3 Albany - - - - - - - m 5 7 City Hall - - - - - - - 115 CityHost - - - - - - - 193 Ex-Parte Service - - - - - 223 Characteristics - - - - - - 259 The Legislative Inquiry - - - - 299 G R E E N W I C H V I L L A G E J IMMIE WALKE w R a s born into a clan. He still is one of it-the Walker clan-comprising brothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, nephews, nieces and tributary relatives. The clan is bound by a frank love and loyalty quite in contrast to the restraint of sentiment familiar in most modern homes. The clan worships its Jimmie. It is affecting to see Aunt Kate Roon lay his latest picture before you on the antique table that matches her old home in Greenwich Village. She does not even bother to see whether your face expresses admiration. That is taken for granted. So it is with the other members of the clan. Years ago they all knew that Jim was marked for a brilliant future, and now that he has fulfilled their expectations they regard the fact as natural in the order of their lives. Their main concern is that others should know him as they do. A friend tells his sister, Mrs. Nan Burke, of the enthusiastic reception given the Mayor at a Madison Square Garden fight. Why, the friend says with pride, they even held up the bout until he arrived, and when he came in the crowd jumped up and cheered Mrs. Burke is strangely unimpressed. That doesnt mean anything to me, she replies. I should be more pleased if they understood Jim. The clan was founded by an Irish carpenter, William H. Walker, who came from Dublin and, settling in Greenwich Village, married a sprightly daughter of another Irishman, James Roon. Popular conception has it that Jimmie Walker sprang from the sidewalks of New York, which is equivalent to the belief that he rose from poverty. Such a belief is wrong. The elder Walker was poor when he came to this country, but he quickly improved his position and, at the time he married, he was well along on the road to prosperity. The Walkers established a comfortable home-one of the most popular in the Villageand their children, three sons and a daughter, received a good education. The eldest boy, William, became a physician and Jim, a lawyer. Although William Walker had been denied the opportunit eso f an academic education, he was a wellinformed man and possessed sound literary taste. He had always been keenly aware of the advantages of learning put to practical use and had early determined upon sending his children to college. All his efforts were toward bettering the condition or his fanlily and making the lives of its members easier and wiser. Today he enters the public record mainly as the father of James J...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Jimmie Walker: The Story of a Personality. To get started finding Jimmie Walker: The Story of a Personality, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 353

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Publisher: Dial Press

Release: 1932

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Description: FOREWORD TH1. s book was not intended to be a formal biography of James J. Walker, or to contain a comprehensively critical analysis or evaluation of his career as State Legislator and Mayor of New York City, but, rather, to furnish a portrait of his personality as it is disclosed by certain phases of his life and activities. The authors were equally interested in presenting Mr. Walker as he appears to those who know him well and who understand him. Events however moved faster than the writing of the book and it was inevitable that the authors should deviate from their original plan to the extent of including a special chapter on the Legislative Inquiry, a proceeding which will probably go down in the annals of political history as a cause ckltbre. C O N T E N T S Page Greenwich Village - - - - - 3 Albany - - - - - - - m 5 7 City Hall - - - - - - - 115 CityHost - - - - - - - 193 Ex-Parte Service - - - - - 223 Characteristics - - - - - - 259 The Legislative Inquiry - - - - 299 G R E E N W I C H V I L L A G E J IMMIE WALKE w R a s born into a clan. He still is one of it-the Walker clan-comprising brothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, nephews, nieces and tributary relatives. The clan is bound by a frank love and loyalty quite in contrast to the restraint of sentiment familiar in most modern homes. The clan worships its Jimmie. It is affecting to see Aunt Kate Roon lay his latest picture before you on the antique table that matches her old home in Greenwich Village. She does not even bother to see whether your face expresses admiration. That is taken for granted. So it is with the other members of the clan. Years ago they all knew that Jim was marked for a brilliant future, and now that he has fulfilled their expectations they regard the fact as natural in the order of their lives. Their main concern is that others should know him as they do. A friend tells his sister, Mrs. Nan Burke, of the enthusiastic reception given the Mayor at a Madison Square Garden fight. Why, the friend says with pride, they even held up the bout until he arrived, and when he came in the crowd jumped up and cheered Mrs. Burke is strangely unimpressed. That doesnt mean anything to me, she replies. I should be more pleased if they understood Jim. The clan was founded by an Irish carpenter, William H. Walker, who came from Dublin and, settling in Greenwich Village, married a sprightly daughter of another Irishman, James Roon. Popular conception has it that Jimmie Walker sprang from the sidewalks of New York, which is equivalent to the belief that he rose from poverty. Such a belief is wrong. The elder Walker was poor when he came to this country, but he quickly improved his position and, at the time he married, he was well along on the road to prosperity. The Walkers established a comfortable home-one of the most popular in the Villageand their children, three sons and a daughter, received a good education. The eldest boy, William, became a physician and Jim, a lawyer. Although William Walker had been denied the opportunit eso f an academic education, he was a wellinformed man and possessed sound literary taste. He had always been keenly aware of the advantages of learning put to practical use and had early determined upon sending his children to college. All his efforts were toward bettering the condition or his fanlily and making the lives of its members easier and wiser. Today he enters the public record mainly as the father of James J...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Jimmie Walker: The Story of a Personality. To get started finding Jimmie Walker: The Story of a Personality, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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