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- ↑ Buenker, John D. (October 2004). "A Battle For The Soul of New York: Tammany Hall, Police Corruption, Vice, and Reverend Charles Parkhurst's Crusade Against Them, 1892-1895 (review)". American Historical Review. 109 (4): 1246. doi:10.1086/530814.
- ↑ "A battle for the soul of New York (review)". Library Journal. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "A Battle for the Soul of New York (review)". Booklist. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
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