Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair : the end of the gangster era in Chicago /: the end of the gangster era in Chicago. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William Elliott Hazelgrove.
• Authors: Hazelgrove, William Elliott, 1959-
• Contents: Forty Years Later ; 1: Chicago, May 27, 1933 ; 2: Valentine&rsquo;s Day, 1929 ; 3: Chicago&rsquo;s Second World&rsquo;s Fair ; 4: WAMPAS Baby Star ; 5: Public Enemy Number One ; 6: The White City ; 7: Bootlegging ; 8: The Big Man ; 9: The Big Fellah Comes Home ; 10: The Perfect Storm ; 11: Financing a Fair ; 12: The Untouchables ; 13: Birth of the Nymph ; 14: Death in the Underground ; 15: Breaking Ground ; 16: The Secret Six ; 17: The Modernists ; 18: Lady Godiva ; 19: Horatio Alger Returns ; 20: The Design ; 21: The Secret Six Get to Work ; 22: Beginning to Build the Rainbow City ; 23: Gold Diggers ; 24: Meeting Al Capone ; 25: Water, Electric, and the Sky Ride ; 26: One Hundred Thousand ; ; 27: The Depression Fair ; 28: Nymphs ; 29: Springtime in Chicago ; 30: The Sky Ride ; 31: The Trial of Al Capone ; 32: Color and Light ; 33: The Plea Bargain ; 34: The Temple of Womanhood ; 35: The Bad Plea Bargain ; 36: Frank Lloyd Wright's Fair ; 37: Hayseeds ; 38: The Gaseous Tube ; 39: The Trial of Al Capone ; 40: The Disposable Fair ; 41: Verdict ; 42: Racing the Clock ; 43: Capone on Ice <br />44: Lady Godiva Again ; 45: Death of the Untouchables ; 46: A Day at the Fair ; 47: Sex at the Fair ; 48: A Century of Progress ; 49: Rags to Riches ; 50: En of the Fair ; Epilogue
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 977.311; History: General; History: United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI); True Crime: General; History: United States / 19th Century; Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century; Chicago (Ill.) -- Civilization -- 20th century; Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781442272279
• Related ISBNs: 9781442272262
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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