Richard J. Daley/Bibliography

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Biographies

• Cohen, Adam and Elizabeth Taylor. American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley: His Battle for Chicago and the Nation, (2000) Detailed scholarly biography.
• Goodman, Barak (director). (1995). Daley: The Last Boss [documentary]. Originally shown on the PBS program American Experience.
• Kennedy, Eugene (1978). Himself!: The Life and Times of Mayor Richard J. Daley. New York: Viking Press. ISBN 0-670-37258-7. 
• O'Connor, Len (1975). Clout: Mayor Daley and His City. Chicago: H. Regnery. ISBN 0-8092-8291-7. 
• Royko, Mike (1971). Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago. New York: Dutton. ISBN 0-525-07000-1. 

Academic studies

• Biles, Roger. Richard J. Daley: Politics, Race, and the Government of Chicago (1995) ISBN 0-87580-199-4
• Green, Paul M. "Mayor Richard J. Daley and the politics of good government," in Paul M. Green and Melvin G. Holli (eds.) The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition (1995), pp 144-59 ISBN 0-8093-1963-2 * Holli, Melvin G.. The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-city Leaders (1999) ISBN 0-271-01876-3}}
• Peterson, Paul E.. School Politics, Chicago Style (1976) ISBN 0-226-66288-8
• Rakove, Milton L.. Don't Make No Waves—Don't Back No Losers: An Insider's Analysis of the Daley Machine (1975) ISBN 0-253-11725-9
• Simpson, Dick. Rogues, Rebels, and Rubber Stamps: The Politics of the Chicago City Council from 1863 to the Present (2000) ISBN 0-8133-9763-4