The History of Tammany Hall: 1917 Edition - Paperbackby Gustavus Myers (Author) "In most men's minds a certain spell of wonder attaches to the career and character of the Tammany Society and Tammany Hall. The long continuance of this dual power, its control of the city, throughout the century; the nature of its principles, the method of its practices and the character of its personnel all these combine to furnish a spectacle which exerts over the general mind a peculiar and strong fascination." Gustavus