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The Gangs Of Chicago
Herbert Asbury
其他書名
An Informal History Of The Chicago Underworld
出版Pickle Partners Publishing, 2016-07-26
主題True Crime / GeneralTrue Crime / Murder / GeneralTrue Crime / Organized CrimeTrue Crime / White Collar Crime
ISBN17862596809781786259684
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=FI3EDAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This classic history of crime tells how Chicago’s underworld earned-and kept-its reputation. Recounting the lives of such notorious denizens as the original Mickey Finn, the mass murderer H. H. Holmes, and the three Car Barn Bandits, Asbury reveals life as it was lived in the criminal districts of the Levee, Hell’s Half-Acre, the Bad Lands, Little Cheyenne, Custom House Place, and the Black Hole. His description of Chicago’s infamous red light district-where the brothels boasted opulence unheard of before or since-vividly captures the wicked splendor that was Chicago.

The Gangs of Chicago spans from the time “Slab Town” was settled to Prohibition days. The story of Chicago’s golden age of crime climaxes with a dramatic account of the careers of the “biggest of the Big Shots”: Big Jim Colosimo, Terrible Johnny Torrio, and the elusive Al Capone.