First Son

The University of Chicago Press Announces the First Biography of Richard M. Daley“A highly focused history of a 20th-century metropolis and a compelling biography of the family that shaped it for nearly half a century.”—Publishers Weekly “In this ripping political biography, Koeneman portrays the mayor who held office for 22 years and transformed Chicago from a gray working town into a gleaming global city… a work of valuable living political history.”—Booklist On September 7, 2010 the longest-serving and most powerful mayor in the history of Chicago—and, arguably, America—stepped