The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld
Asbury, Herbert
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
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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Рік:
2019
Мова:
english
ISBN 10:
1560254548
ISBN 13:
9781560254546
Файл:
PDF, 14.28 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2019
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