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The city is up for grabs : how Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot led and lost a city in crisis / Gregory Royal Pratt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pratt, Gregory Royal, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lightfoot, Lori, 1962-.
- Lightfoot, Lori.
- Mayors--Illinois--Chicago.
- Mayors.
- Political corruption--Illinois--Chicago.
- Political corruption.
- Police administration--Illinois--Chicago.
- Police administration.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--21st century.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 245 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2024
- Contents:
- Prologue: Checkers
- The breach
- "Sixteen shots and a cover up"
- Slaying Goliath
- Pirate booty
- Butcher paper
- Bring in the light
- "I support Bozo"
- "Trained seals"
- Early successes
- Accountability Mondays
- "All is not forgotten"
- La La Land
- "Stay home, save lives"
- Pop the weasel
- "The city is up for grabs"
- Bigger than the Italians
- "My name is Anjanette Young"
- A city in crisis
- "Adults in the room"
- "Not a gimme"
- "False prophet"
- Epilogue: Breaking up with the mayor.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-233) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781641609975 (electronic bk.)
- 1641609974 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99996323730
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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