Chicago to Springfield: Crime and Politics in the 1920s - Couverture rigide

Ridings, Jim

 
9781531655747: Chicago to Springfield: Crime and Politics in the 1920s
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ISBN 10 : 1531655742 ISBN 13 : 9781531655747
Editeur : Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2010

Synopsis

The story of Chicago gangsters in the 1920s is legendary. Less talked about is the tale of the politicians who allowed those gangsters to thrive. During the heyday of organized crime in the Prohibition era, Chicago mayor "Big Bill" Thompson and Gov. Len Small were the two most powerful political figures in Illinois. Thompson campaigned on making Chicago "a wide open town" for bootleggers. Small sold thousands of pardons and paroles to criminals, embezzled $1 million, and was then acquitted after mobsters bribed the jury. This book is the story of those Jazz Age politicians whose careers in government thrived on and endorsed corruption and racketeering, from Chicago to Springfield. It complements author Jim Ridings's groundbreaking biography, Len Small: Governors and Gangsters, which was praised by critics and situated Ridings as a trailblazer among Chicago crime authors.

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Éditeur
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1531655742
ISBN 13 
9781531655747
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
130
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0738583731 ISBN 13 :  9780738583730
Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2010
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