The gangs of Chicago : an informal history of the Chicago underworld /
Asbury, Herbert, 1891-1963.
The gangs of Chicago : an informal history of the Chicago underworld / Informal history of the Chicago underworld Herbert Asbury. - New York : Thunder's Mouth Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2002]. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Originally published: Gem of the prairie. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1940.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-377) and index.
Foreword -- Introduction -- illustrations -- Evolution of slab town -- "First the blade..." -- "We are beset on every side" -- "The withered rose levees of society" -- "There's a sucker born every minute" -- The monster of sixty-third street -- "Reign of terror is upon the city -- Scarlet sisters and their times -- Fight against th the levee -- Big shots -- Bibliography -- Index.
The story of Chicago's golden age of crime climaxes with a dramatic account of the careers of the "biggest of the Big Shots": Big Jim Colosimo, Terrible Johnny Torrio, and the elusive Al Capone. The perfect companion to "The Gangs of New York, " now being made into a major Martin Scorsese film starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
1560254548 (trade paper) 9781560254546 (trade paper)
2002071984
Gangs--Illinois--Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions.
The gangs of Chicago : an informal history of the Chicago underworld / Informal history of the Chicago underworld Herbert Asbury. - New York : Thunder's Mouth Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2002]. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Originally published: Gem of the prairie. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1940.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-377) and index.
Foreword -- Introduction -- illustrations -- Evolution of slab town -- "First the blade..." -- "We are beset on every side" -- "The withered rose levees of society" -- "There's a sucker born every minute" -- The monster of sixty-third street -- "Reign of terror is upon the city -- Scarlet sisters and their times -- Fight against th the levee -- Big shots -- Bibliography -- Index.
The story of Chicago's golden age of crime climaxes with a dramatic account of the careers of the "biggest of the Big Shots": Big Jim Colosimo, Terrible Johnny Torrio, and the elusive Al Capone. The perfect companion to "The Gangs of New York, " now being made into a major Martin Scorsese film starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
1560254548 (trade paper) 9781560254546 (trade paper)
2002071984
Gangs--Illinois--Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions.