The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld
Autor Herbert Asburyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 sep 2002
This
classic
history
of
crime
tells
how
Chicago's
underworld
earned—and
kept—its
reputation.
Recounting
the
lives
of
such
notorious
denizens
as
the
original
Mickey
Finn,
the
mass
murderer
H.
H.
Holmes,
and
the
three
Car
Barn
Bandits,
Asbury
reveals
life
as
it
was
lived
in
the
criminal
districts
of
the
Levee,
Hell's
Half-Acre,
the
Bad
Lands,
Little
Cheyenne,
Custom
House
Place,
and
the
Black
Hole.
His
description
of
Chicago's
infamous
red
light
district—where
the
brothels
boasted
opulence
unheard
of
before
or
since—vividly
captures
the
wicked
splendor
that
was
Chicago.
The
Gangs
of
Chicago
spans
from
the
time
"Slab
Town"
was
settled
to
Prohibition
days.
The
story
of
Chicago's
golden
age
of
crime
climaxes
with
a
dramatic
account
of
the
careers
of
the
"biggest
of
the
Big
Shots":
Big
Jim
Colosimo,
Terrible
Johnny
Torrio,
and
the
elusive
Al
Capone.
Photographs
and
illustrations
round
out
this
telling
of
Chicago's
early
underworld.
"Still
the
most
detailed,
reliable,
and
readable
account
of
the
nether
side
of
Chicago's
first
century,
deserves
reading
and
rereading...."—Perry
R.
Duis,
Chicago
historian
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781560254546
ISBN-10: 1560254548
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: 25 B&W photos and illustrations
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 1560254548
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: 25 B&W photos and illustrations
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books