City of Scoundrels: The Twelve Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
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Book Overview
The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse. When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, unglamorous place into "the Metropolis of the World." But...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0307454304
ISBN13:9780307454300
Release Date:April 2013
Publisher:Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Length:400 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"
Customer Reviews
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Outstanding Documentation of Chicago becoming A Modern City.
Published by Yasha , 2 months ago
I grew up in Chicago in the 1950s & 1960s.
This book made me wish I was there when THE BLIMP cruised along Lake Michigan before crashing.
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