Wicked Northern Illinois: The Dark Side of the Prairie State
(Part of the Wicked Series Series)
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From the secrets of Joliet Penitentiary to the ferocious gunfights between the Ku Klux Klan and the Shelton Gang, Troy Taylor takes the measure of the dishonest sweat and innocent blood poured into the prairies of Northern Illinois. Meet the "fallen angels" of Decatur's red-light district, the Springfield counterfeiters who bungled stealing Lincoln's bones and the Aurora man who propped up his porch with the heads of his wife and brother-in-law. And...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1596292784
ISBN13:9781596292789
Release Date:September 2010
Publisher:History Press
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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