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Charlie and the Shawneetown Dame: Love and Madness in the Roaring Twenties--An Incredible True Story
Charlie and the Shawneetown Dame Love and Madness in the Roaring TwentiesAn Incredible True Story
Author: Donald Bain
This book recounts a famous turf war raged during Prohibition. Charlie Birger's outsized ambitions brought him from New York to southern Illinois in search of fortune as a bootlegger. He soon found that his dream to be "even bigger than Al Capone" faced a few hurdles-including the vicious Shelton Brothers and Helen Holbrook, a beautiful, alcohol...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781557533753
ISBN-10: 155753375X
Publication Date: 11/1/2004
Pages: 268
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Publisher: Purdue Universi Press
Book Type: Paperback
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