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The gambler king of Clark Street : Michael C. McDonald and the rise of Chicago's Democratic machine / Richard C. Lindberg.
Van Pelt Library F548.45.M45 L56 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindberg, Richard C., 1953-
- Series:
- Elmer H. Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson series in criminology
- The Elmer H. Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson series in criminology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McDonald, Michael C. (Michael Cassius), 1839-1907.
- McDonald, Michael C.
- Democratic Party (Chicago, Ill.).
- Political corruption.
- History.
- Political culture.
- Irish American criminals.
- Gamblers.
- Businessmen.
- Politicians.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Biography.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Politicians--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Democratic Party (Chicago, Ill.)--History--19th century.
- Businessmen--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Gamblers--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Irish American criminals--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--19th century.
- Political culture--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
- Political corruption--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 293 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- 1 A Train Butcher Raising the Wind 8
- 2 Brace Games and Bunko Men 20
- 3 A Department Store of Gambling 34
- 4 Tammany by the Lake 54
- 5 The People's Party and the Overturn of Puritan Rule 65
- 6 Bummers, Gutter-Rats, Whiskey Soakers, and Saloon Loafers 75
- 7 The City Hall Swindle 88
- 8 Our Carter 99
- 9 Oyster on the Half Shell 112
- 10 Boodle for the Gang 121
- 11 Is He Not a Typical Democraft? 136
- 12 A Flighty and Excitable Woman 144
- 13 Bribing the Gray Wolves for an "Upstairs" Railroad 152
- 14 The Garfield Park Racetrack War 165
- 15 Electing Altgeld 175
- 16 That Little Feldman Girl 190
- 17 Pearls before Swine: Poetry, Murder, and the McDonalds 203
- 18 Betrayal and Death 216.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780809328932
- 0809328933
- OCLC:
- 248536502
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