A wry, no-holds-barred memoir of Nelson's time controlling some of
Chicago's most beautiful spots while facing some of its ugliest
traditions. In 1987, the city of Chicago hired a former radical
college chaplain to clean up rampant corruption on the waterfront.
R. J. Nelson thought he was used to the darker side of the law-he
had been followed by federal agents and wiretapped due to his
antiwar stances in the sixties-but nothing could prepare him for
the wretched bog that constituted the world of a Harbor Boss. Dirty
Waters is the wry, no-holds-barred memoir of Nelson's time
controlling some of the city's most beautiful spots while facing
some of its ugliest traditions. Nelson takes us through Chicago's
beloved "blue spaces" and deep into the city's political morass,
revealing the different moralities underlining three mayoral
administrations and navigating the gritty mechanisms of the city's
political machine. Ultimately, Dirty Waters is a tale of morality,
of what it takes to be a force for good in the world and what
struggles come from trying to stay ethically afloat in a sea of
corruption.
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