City of scoundrels

the twelve days of disaster that gave birth to modern Chicago

347 pages

English language

Published Aug. 16, 2012 by Crown Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-307-45429-4
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OCLC Number:
707887007

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Documents the harrowing twelve-day period in Chicago in 1919 during which a blimp crash, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder case challenged the city's modernization efforts.

2 editions

Subjects

  • Civilization
  • Disasters
  • History

Places

  • Chicago (Ill.)
  • Illinois
  • Chicago