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  • The Prince of the City

  • Giuliani, New York, and the Genius of American Life
  • Written by: Fred Siegel
  • Narrated by: Brian Emerson
  • Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins

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The Prince of the City

Written by: Fred Siegel
Narrated by: Brian Emerson
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Publisher's Summary

In the first post-9/11 account of the career of the man who established himself as "America's Mayor" in the dark days after America was attacked, Fred Siegel shows how Rudy Giuliani's successes in New York set a promising example for the rejuvenation of our major cities. Someone who has worked with Giuliani as well as studied him, Siegel regards Giuliani as a shrewd tactician and artist of the possible who could have stepped out of the pages of Machiavelli's The Prince. A self-promoting, self-absorbed man, the mayor made his enormous ego and tribal ethos serve the city's well-being, promoting ideals that transcended New York's ethnic politics and business as usual. The Prince of the City is at once a fascinating character study, a history of New York over the last 40 years, and a classic inquiry into the issue of how cities thrive or die.
©2005 Fred Siegel (P)2006 Blackstone Audiobooks

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"Siegel presents a positive but not uncritical opinion of the Giuliani record, which is of interest in itself but especially if Giuliani runs for president." (Booklist)

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