Chicago by Gaslight by Richard Lindberg
This book revises the picture of the glittering Chicago of impressive mansions and museums; it exposes the city's corrupt underbelly and the realities of life in an age which is often assumed to have been simpler and more moral than ours. Includes chapters on the Haymarket riot, the gamblers' wars, the notorious levee red-light district and institutionalized graft.Richard C. (Richard C.) Lindberg is the author or coauthor of thirteen books, including Chicago Then and Now, Broken Sense of Innocence: The 1955 Murders of Three Chicago Children, and Return to the Site of the Crime: A Guide to Infamous Places in Chicago. He is a past president of the Society of Midland Writers and was awarded the Morris Wexler Award for services to the field of criminal justice literature by the Illinois Academy of Criminology in 2008.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780897334211 |
| ISBN 10 | 0897334213 |
| Title | Chicago by Gaslight |
| Author | Richard Lindberg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Academy Chicago Publishers |
| Year published | 2005-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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