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Dirty waters : confessions of Chicago's last harbor boss / R.J. Nelson.
LIBRA HE554.C5 N45 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, R. J. (Robert J.), author.
- Series:
- Chicago visions + revisions
- Chicago visions and revisions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harbors--Political aspects--Illinois--Chicago.
- Harbors.
- Political corruption--Illinois--Chicago.
- Political corruption.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Dawn City 1
- Harbors as Neighborhoods 25
- Harbor Rats 40
- A Boat Slip and Fall 60
- Feet Wet 71
- Harold 78
- Rainbows and Riots 97
- Indictments 115
- April Fools 127
- Harbor Fire 133
- Sand Traps 138
- Wulky 150
- Moving on Up 160
- Fog Bowl 167
- D-Day 176
- Batman 179
- Paul McCartney 193
- Golf Dome from Hell 206
- MBE/WBE 212
- "Lakefronf's Small Wonder" 216
- A Coast Guard Station Restored 220
- A Reporter Falls Overboard 227
- Tagline Contest 233
- Daley's Underground River 237
- A Tale of Two Conventions 242
- From Malcolm X to Muhammad Ali 253
- So Sad, Too Bad 260
- Glatt 270.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-306).
- ISBN:
- 9780226334493
- 022633449X
- OCLC:
- 939597277
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