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The Prince of the City
Giuliani, New York, and the Genius of American Life
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“Americans got to know Rudy Giuliani on September 11, 2001. But they will only really get to know him, and his record in New York, when they read Fred Siegel’s The Prince of the City. Fred Siegel knows and loves New York, and he understands Giuliani as only New York’s best reader of the prose of public policy and the poetry of political leadership can.”
— Michael Barone, co-author, The Almanac of American Politics
“The Prince of the City is a remarkable account of the Giuliani years by our best writer on urban affairs. Anyone interested in how the dead hand of ideology came near to crippling our largest city must read this book.”
— John Leo, US News & World Report
“Fred Siegel, a professor of history at Cooper Union, has recovered the full story of Giuliani in New York in his superb new book, The Prince of the City.”
— James Q. Wilson, Claremont Review
“Seigel didn’t write a 400-page long kiss on the cheek. The former governor comes across every bit as complicated and straightforward as the city he governed…. It is a tribute to Siegel and his book that what Rudy got right and wrong is presented so clearly. We are able to walk away with as full a picture of the man as can be had from a book.”
— Daniel J. Monti, Jr., Society
“Siegel, an accomplished historian with an intimate understanding of an appreciation for his home city, has written a gripping narrative.”
— E. T. Jones, Choice
“Though written from a conservative perspective , The Prince of the CIty is heavily researched, strictly respectful of the facts, and first-rate reading for biographers, historians, and anyone wishing to learn more about Giuliani as a statesman, a politician, a moral leader, and a successful problem solver beset with a myriad of complex quandaries. Highly recommended.” — James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Library Bookwatch
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