City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago by Gary Krist

City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago

Gary Krist

347 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective medium-paced
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The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse.When 1919 b...

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