The Wicked City

Informationen zum Autor Curt Johnson has published five novels and over sixty short stories, including selections of the O. Henry Prize Stories and Best American Short Stories. In addition, he has edited four anthologies of fiction and published four books of nonfiction. He lives in Chicago. Klappentext "The Wicked City" presents an account of Chicago's vice, crime, capitalism, and corruption from Pierre the Mole, who sold whiskey to the Indians, through Johnny Torrio and Al Capone, who bootlegged a Great Lake's worth of booze during the Roaring Twenties. 36 illustrations. Zusammenfassung "The Wicked City is an account of Chicago's vice, crime, capitalism, and corruption from Pierre the Mole, who sold whiskey to the Indians, through Jonny Torrio and Al Capone, who bootlegged a Great La" Inhaltsverzeichnis I. * Titan * Why Not? * Dynasts * The Builders * Guappo * Silk Stockings * Brother Theo * Sisters * Ruffiano * Kid Blackie * Nobodys Fool II. * Hard Guys * Succession * Compares * Politicos * The Wheaton Ice Man * Hes Irish! Hit Him Again! * Arrivederci * The Privileged III. * Capone * Reasonable Fellows * Zenith * Swan Songs * Four-Square * The Last Good Year * Perfida * The Last Good Year * Satchmo * The First Really Bad Year * Power * A Soldier Dead * Hunger * Nadir * Time and Chance * Child of the Romans

Autorentext
Curt Johnson has published five novels and over sixty short stories, including selections of the O. Henry Prize Stories and Best American Short Stories. In addition, he has edited four anthologies of fiction and published four books of nonfiction. He lives in Chicago.

Klappentext
"The Wicked City" presents an account of Chicago's vice, crime, capitalism, and corruption from Pierre the Mole, who sold whiskey to the Indians, through Johnny Torrio and Al Capone, who bootlegged a Great Lake's worth of booze during the Roaring Twenties. 36 illustrations.


Inhalt
I. * Titan * Why Not? * Dynasts * The Builders * Guappo * Silk Stockings * Brother Theo * Sisters * Ruffiano * Kid Blackie * Nobodys Fool II. * Hard Guys * Succession * Compares * Politicos * The Wheaton Ice Man * Hes Irish, Hit Him Again! * Arrivederci * The Privileged III. * Capone * Reasonable Fellows * Zenith * Swan Songs * Four-Square * The Last Good Year * Perfida * The Last Good Year * Satchmo * The First Really Bad Year * Power * A Soldier Dead * Hunger * Nadir * Time and Chance * Child of the Romans

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