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My grandfather's prison : a story of death and deceit in 1940s Kansas City / Richard A. Serrano.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Serrano, Richard A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--Missouri--Kansas City.
- Murder.
- Murder victims--Missouri--Kansas City.
- Murder victims.
- Murder--Investigation--Missouri--Kansas City.
- Alcoholics--Missouri--Kansas City--Biography.
- Alcoholics.
- Political corruption--Missouri--Kansas City--History--20th century.
- Political corruption.
- Kansas City (Mo.)--Politics and government.
- Kansas City (Mo.).
- Kansas City (Mo.)--Biography.
- Lyons, James Patrick, 1908-1948.
- Lyons, James Patrick.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (164 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Author discovers the fate of the grandfather he never knew, who had abruptly abandoned his family during the Great Depression, become a prisoner to alcohol and skid row, and, entangled in the corrupt Pendergast era of Kansas City, Missouri, had finally been murdered at the old Kansas City Municipal Farm"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Photo Section
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-8262-7198-7
- OCLC:
- 646066431
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