A review by itsbecksmidwest
American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation, by Adam Cohen

3.0

A very comprehensive biography of Daley, and at times too comprehensive. I found the intricacies of the various politicians to be a bit boring, but the chapters on MLK's campaign in Chicago and the '68 Democratic Convention were really interesting. The authors spent a lot of time building up the setting before Daley's reign but didn't remark on what happened in Chicago after his death; I would've liked a chapter on the after-effects, as it ends rather bluntly after his death.