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- catalog abstract "Mayor Edward Rendell will do almost anything for Philadelphia. He will clean the bathrooms in City Hall, endure a joint appearance with Mickey Mouse, and personally lobby President Clinton to keep jobs in the city. He is that rare politician who is larger than life in his ambitions, compassion, and flaws - a man wise enough to see the comic absurdity of his job, yet crazy enough to think he can actually revive his declining city. To succeed, Rendell must negotiate a tough new contract with city workers who are threatening to strike and wreak havoc on the city. He must allay African-American leaders engaged in a zero-sum game of racial politics. He must combat the loss of tens of thousands of jobs that have brought the Workshop of the World to its knees. As Rendell and his brilliant chief of staff, David Cohen, fight these political battles, four citizens of Philadelphia engage in their own personal struggles, each one connected to events at City Hall. At turns heart-wrenching and hilarious, A Prayer for the City dramatically illustrates high-pressure politics and the threat of economic decline facing so many cities.".
- catalog contributor b10479799.
- catalog coverage "Philadelphia (Pa.) Politics and government 1865-".
- catalog coverage "Philadelphia (Pa.) Social conditions.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-399) and index.".
- catalog description "Mayor Edward Rendell will do almost anything for Philadelphia. He will clean the bathrooms in City Hall, endure a joint appearance with Mickey Mouse, and personally lobby President Clinton to keep jobs in the city. He is that rare politician who is larger than life in his ambitions, compassion, and flaws - a man wise enough to see the comic absurdity of his job, yet crazy enough to think he can actually revive his declining city. To succeed, Rendell must negotiate a tough new contract with city workers who are threatening to strike and wreak havoc on the city. He must allay African-American leaders engaged in a zero-sum game of racial politics. He must combat the loss of tens of thousands of jobs that have brought the Workshop of the World to its knees. As Rendell and his brilliant chief of staff, David Cohen, fight these political battles, four citizens of Philadelphia engage in their own personal struggles, each one connected to events at City Hall. At turns heart-wrenching and hilarious, A Prayer for the City dramatically illustrates high-pressure politics and the threat of economic decline facing so many cities.".
- catalog extent "xxxiv, 408 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Prayer for the city.".
- catalog identifier "067942198X (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Prayer for the city.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
- catalog relation "Prayer for the city.".
- catalog spatial "Pennsylvania Philadelphia.".
- catalog spatial "Philadelphia (Pa.) Politics and government 1865-".
- catalog spatial "Philadelphia (Pa.) Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "974.8/11043/092 21".
- catalog subject "F158.54.R46 B57 1997".
- catalog subject "Mayors Pennsylvania Philadelphia.".
- catalog subject "Rendell, Edward G. (Edward Gene), 1944-".
- catalog title "A prayer for the city / Buzz Bissinger ; photographs by Robert Clark.".
- catalog type "text".