This is the first and foremost a brilliant multidimensional portrait of a man-an extraordinary man who, denied power within the normal framework of the democratic process, stepped outside that framework to grasp power sufficient to shape a great city and hold sway over the very texture of millions of lives.

Pt. 1. The idealist -- pt. 2. The reformer -- pt. 3. The rise to power -- pt. 4. The use of power -- pt. 5. The love of power -- pt. 6. The lust for power -- pt. 7. The loss of power.