In the Press
Tales of the city's rampant corruption during the late 1800s until about the 1940s are the main attractions of Deel's new book Storied & Scandalous Kansas City: A History of Corruption, Mischief and a Whole Lot of Booze. So of course it covers the city's notorious political boss Tom Pendergast. But Deel notes that it was a group of women — even more than a federal charge of tax evasion — that finally unseated him.
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Anne Kniggendorf, KCUR
Tales of the city's rampant corruption during the late 1800s until about the 1940s are the main attractions of Deel's new book Storied & Scandalous Kansas City: A History of Corruption, Mischief and a Whole Lot of Booze. So of course it covers the city's notorious political boss Tom Pendergast. But Deel notes that it was a group of women — even more than a federal charge of tax evasion — that finally unseated him.
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Anne Kniggendorf, KCUR
Tales of the city's rampant corruption during the late 1800s until about the 1940s are the main attractions of Deel's new book Storied & Scandalous Kansas City: A History of Corruption, Mischief and a Whole Lot of Booze. So of course it covers the city's notorious political boss Tom Pendergast. But Deel notes that it was a group of women — even more than a federal charge of tax evasion — that finally unseated him.
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Anne Kniggendorf, KCUR