Boss Ruef's San Francisco

Boss Ruef's San Francisco offers a riveting exploration of political corruption, labor politics, and reform in early 20th-century urban America, as told through the colorful and complex career of Abe Ruef. At the center of this meticulously researched narrative is Ruef's rise as a city boss, his opportunistic leadership of the Union Labor Party, and the subsequent scandals that brought both him an...