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Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago

By William Elliott , Hazelgrove

Book information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Year
2017
ISBN
9781442272279, 9781442272262, 1442272279
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
1 MB (1466640 bytes)
Pages
xiii, 261 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Civilization;HISTORY--United States--State & LocalILINKSMIMNMONDNeOHSDWI);Illinois -- ChicagoWI);Social conditions;History;Chicago (Ill.) -- Hi

Description

William Hazelgrove explores the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who would beat Capone at his own game, as well as the construction of the 1933 World's Fair and the rags to riches story of Sally Rand.;Forty Years Later; Acknowledgments; Chapter One. Chicago, May 27, 1933; Chapter Two. Valentine's Day, 1929; Chapter Three. Chicago's Second World's Fair; Chapter Four. WAMPAS Baby Star; Chapter Five. Public Enemy Number One; Chapter Six. The White City; Chapter Seven. Bootlegging; Chapter Eight. The Big Man; Chapter Nine. The Big Fellah Comes Home; Chapter Ten. The Perfect Storm; Chapter Eleven. Financing a Fair; Chapter Twelve. The Untouchables; Chapter Thirteen. Birth of the Nymph; Chapter Fourteen. Death in the Underground; Chapter Fifteen. Breaking Ground.

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