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The Mayor's Aunt
The life of Catherine Griffin, born in 1905 and raised in the Old First Ward of Buffalo, N.Y. She was the aunt of Buffalo, N.Y. Mayor Jimmy Griffin.
Through the Mayors' Eyes
A biographical history of the mayors who held office throughout the history of Buffalo, New York, arranged chronologically by years in office.
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The Roaring Twenties
A new era of change had erupted on the American landscape, as World War I and the nasty flu pandemic of 1918 subsided. In Buffalo, N.Y., an east-side beer brewer entered the political arena. Popular among the working class, but derided by the elite "high hats" of society, this dark horse candidate was elected mayor of the city. Once inaugurated, Mayor Frank X. Schwab immediately initiated an open-door policy for all visitors to his office and home. He reached out to the downtrodden who came to his office for help. Also, the famous stopped by his office for a chat and a souvenir key to the city. The Ku Klux Klan targeted the first Catholic mayor of Buffalo. In so doing, the Klan met their match. Mayor Schwab left behind a legacy full of reforms and accomplishments. Most of all, Frank X. Schwab became best known as the champion of the "plain people" of Buffalo.
Max Meets the Mayor
When Max's grandpa drives Max and his brother past City Hall, Max decides he wants to meet the mayor. So his grandpa sets up an appointment with Buffalo's mayor, Byron Brown. But when a blizzard hits Buffalo the night before the appointment, it looks like the meeting may be canceled. Can Max and his grandpa find a way to meet the mayor?
Race, Neighborhoods, and Community Power
Examines the extent to which race affected public policy formation in Buffalo, New York between 1934 and 1997.
Hooded Knights on the Niagara
"A notable case study of the second Ku Klux Klan in a northern industrial city. The author illuminates the origins and activities of the Buffalo Klan, the social and political context in which it operated, and the character of its membership. The book contributes to the current reevaluation of the KKK and to the scholarly literature on the 1920's." D.W. Grantham, Vanderbilt University.
Slurry Seasons In Buffalo New York
“A conspiracy is everything that ordinary is not. It is the inside game, cold sure, undistracted, forever closed to us. Conspirators have a logic and a daring beyond our reach. All conspiracies are the same taut story of men who find coherence in some criminal act.” Don Delillo Author of “Underworld” “Slurry Seasons” is the quasi-fictional story of two young men who come to Buffalo NY in 1926 in order to escape the arduous farm work and boredom of their Michigan home. They discovered in Buffalo a netherworld of deceit, deception and corruption and they prospered in their new environs during most of the next fifty years.
