The Wicked City - Chicago From Kenna To Capone (Paperback, 1st Da Capo Press ed)

The Wicked City is an account of Chicago's vice, crime, capitalism, and corruption from Pierre the Mole, who sold whiskey to the Indians, through Johnny Torrio and Al Capone, who bootlegged a Great Lake's worth of booze during the Roaring Twenties. Chicago's drive for wealth and power in this fifty-year span are evoked through spirited accounts of the careers of its leading tycoons - such as Charles Yerkes, Marshall Field, George Pullman, and Big Bill Thompson - and its leading gangsters: the Terrible Gennas, Jim Colosino, Dion O'Banion, Diamond Joe Esposito, Johnny Torrio, and Al Capone. The Chicago portrayed here is raw, real, and vital; its raucousness, lawlessness, ebullience, and greed become almost poetic.

General

Imprint:	Da Capo Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1998
First published:	April 1998
Authors:	Curt Johnson
Dimensions:	229 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	406
Edition:	1st Da Capo Press ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-306-80821-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Causes & prevention of crime Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-306-80821-8
Barcode:	9780306808210

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