TY  - BOOK
AU  - Asbury,Herbert
TI  - The gangs of Chicago: an informal history of the Chicago underworld 
SN  - 1560254548 (trade paper)
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Thunder's Mouth Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
KW  - Gangs
KW  - Illinois
KW  - Chicago
KW  - Chicago (Ill.)
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -