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City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
City of Scoundrels The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
Author: Gary Krist
The masterfully told story of 12 volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder roiled a city already on the brink of collapse. — Summer 1919: the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307454294
ISBN-10: 0307454290
Publication Date: 4/17/2012
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Crown
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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