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Authors: Buzz Bissinger
Prologue:
Ed Rendell at the Liberty Medal ceremonies with recipient Shimon Peres.
Chapter One:
The lights of Boathouse Row.
Chapter Two:
David Cohen in his office.
Chapter Three:
Jim Mangan and his family, taken outside their home.
Chapter Four:
Abandoned factory in the neighborhood of Kensington.
Chapter Five:
Mike McGovern in a City Hall courtroom.
Chapter Six:
Walnut Street taken from Rittenhouse Square.
Chapter Seven:
City Hall.
Chapter Eight:
Ed Rendell announcing candidacy for reelection in 1995.
Chapter Nine:
Linda Morrison with Independence Hall in background.
Chapter Ten:
Southwark Plaza public housing project at night.
Chapter Eleven:
Man walking across empty lot in North Philadelphia with mural of former NBA basketball great Julius Erving in background.
Chapter Twelve:
Fifi Mazzccua and the four great-grandchildren who live with her, before Sunday church.
Chapter Thirteen:
View of the city along Girard Avenue. The hanging of sneakers is a Philadelphia tradition.
Chapter Fourteen:
Jim Mangan flanked by mothballed ships at the navy yard.
Chapter Fifteen:
Homeless person on Sansom Street in Center City.
Chapter Sixteen:
Tony Mazzccua at Graterford Prison.
Chapter Seventeen:
Ed Rendell in his office.
Chapter Eighteen:
Empty dry dock at navy yard.
Epilogue:
Ed Rendell at his second inauguration, flanked by City Council President John Street.