The Gangs Of Chicago - Couverture souple

Asbury, Herbert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099464764 ISBN 13 : 9780099464761

Editeur : Arrow Books Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

London. 20 cm. xxv, 377 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Herbert Asbury.[Gem of the prairie ]. Originally published as: Gem of the prairie. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1940. Includes bibliographical references and index .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 0099464764 (pbk.)

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This classic history of crime tells how the Chicago underworld earned - and kept - its notorious reputation, from the time it was settled to the Prohibition days of the 1920s. Recounting the lives of such infamous early inhabitants as the original Mickey Finn and the mass murderer H. H. Holmes, it climaxes with the city's golden age of crime and a dramatic account of the careers of the biggest of the Big Shots - Big Jim Colosimo, Terrible Johnny Torrio, and the elusive Al Capone, revealing life as it was lived in the criminal districts and the infamous red light district where the brothels boasted opulence unheard of before or since. Rounded off with fascinating photographs and illustrations, this is one of the most detailed, reliable and readable accounts of the nether side of Chicago's first century.

Biographie de l'auteur

Herbert Asbury was born into a strictly Methodist family in Missouri in 1889. His pious background and his subsequent rejection of Methodism greatly influenced both his philosophy of life and his career as reporter and author. Indeed, many of his books deal with the darker, seamier side of American life. He died in 1963 of chronic lung problems, the legacy of a gas-attack in France during the first World War.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Arrow Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0099464764
• ISBN 13: 9780099464761
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448