Summary: Enhanced ReCast - HOTH05 - History of Tammany Hall seriesWe continue our audio book series with Gordon Comstock reading chapters 13, 14 and 15 of Gustavus Myer's History of Tammany Hall. Find episode notes and links as well as more enhanced recasts archived at mediamodepresents.blogspot.com on the right hand side of the page. Tagged by mediamode, July 2013. Click the button below to either download the enhanced version or listen to the mp3 while on this page (so you can refer to the chapter headings). Chapter Headings in this episode: Chapter 13 - Tammany "Purified", 1837 - 1838 Chapter 14 - Whig Failure Restores Tammany to Power, 1838 - 1840 Chapter 15 - The Rise and Progress of the "Gangs", 1840 - 1846 Books/information mentioned in this episode: Martin Van Buren Colonel Alexander Ming, Jr. Equal Rights Party and Col. Ming Whig Party Where to find the New-York Evening Post (1830s) in the United States Isaac L. Varian General Robert Swartwout William H. Seward Definition of "fortnight" Definition of "grog" Diebold voting machines Voter fraud and illegal immigration Definition of "suffrage" William Leggett Samuel Swartwout Henry Ogden Mordecai M. Noah Where to find New York Weekly Herald (1840) in the United States Native American Party William Henry Harrison Robert H. Morris "Mike" Walsh Gangs of New York, 2002 King Ahab and Naboth's vineyard Roman Catholics in New York Blue laws James Harper James K. Polk Isaiah Rynders Votescam.org Annexation of Texas John Tyler Other relevant information: Online book - Advocating The Man by Joshua R. Greenburg Voteview.com Differences between the Whig Party and Democratic-Republican Party (from voteview.com - read point #9) Use either iTunes (any iPod device) or the freeware VLC media player to play this tagged version (Apple Lossless). WARNING: Converting this file to another audio format - even .mp3 format - will REMOVE the tags that enable chapter headings. Contact mediamode to have your media tagged. HOTH05 - download it here or listen below:
