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Murder city : the bloody history of Chicago in the twenties / Michael Lesy.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lesy, Michael, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homicide--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
- Homicide.
- Murder--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
- Murder.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2007]
- Summary:
- Lesy's portrait of a gruesome era could be fiction--but it's not. Providing a glimpse into the dark side of the Jazz Age, Lesy's sharp, fearless storytelling makes a compelling case that this collection of criminals may be the progenitors of our modern age. 60 illustrations.
- Contents:
- Carl Wanderer
- Cora Isabelle Orthwein
- Harvey Church
- Catherwood
- Roach and Mosby
- Arthur, Eleanor, and Kate
- The banker
- Leighton Mount
- Fred-Frances
- Duffy double murder
- Belva and Beulah
- Assassins
- Hymie Weiss
- Christ's dream
- Diamond Joe
- Pearl
- Three murders.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-321) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393060300
- 0393060306
- OCLC:
- 71427146
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