Chicago's Most Wanted

by Enright, Laura L.

• ISBN13: 9781574887853
• ISBN10: 1574887858
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-21
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

Established less than 200 years ago, Chicago has seen a lot of living in that short span of time. Burned to the ground early on, it's been frozen and just recently flooded. Tucked away in the Midwest, it still rivals both coasts with its food, entertainment, and cultural venues. Chicago's Most Wanted'„¢: The Top 10 Book of Murderous Mobsters, Midway Monsters, and Windy City Odditiestakes you on a tour of that toddlin' town with dozens of top-ten lists containing memorable minutiae and delightful details. Laura L. Enright will blow you away with this collection of amusing and amazing facts about the Windy City. One would be hard-pressed to decide what Chicago is most famous for. Is it disasters, such as the Great Chicago Fire? Or perhaps gangsters are its calling card, with Al Capone at the head? Maybe it's the politics, with 'œHizzoner, da Mayor' and stories of votes coming from the dead. Or do sports come to mind first, like the Cubs' dismal failures'”some say due to a decades-old curse'”and the glory days of da Bulls and da Bears? Whatever it is that makes Chicago, it's in Chicago's Most Wanted'„¢. The famous and the infamous, festivals and food, blues and jazz, and so much more are all included in this collection of fascinating and often humorous trivia tidbits. Frank Sinatra rhapsodized that Chicago 'œwon't let you down,' and neither will Laura L. Enright's Chicago's Most Wanted'„¢!

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
Titans of the Town	1	(15)
The Mayors	16	(9)
Architecture	25	(11)
Politics	36	(11)
Skyscrapers	47	(9)
Disasters	56	(10)
Feats and Faux Pas	66	(13)
Maritime	79	(9)
The Reformers	88	(10)
The Columbian Exposition	98	(11)
Inventions and Innovators	109	(10)
News That's Fit to Print	119	(10)
Literary	129	(10)
The Roaring Twenties	139	(10)
Jazz	149	(11)
Blues	160	(11)
Chicago Rocks	171	(9)
The Sox	180	(13)
The Cubs	193	(13)
The Bears	206	(12)
The Bulls	218	(12)
The Blackhawks	230	(11)
Infamous Females	241	(9)
Landmarks	250	(8)
Radio	258	(9)
Museums	267	(8)
Names You Should Know	275	(13)
Live from Chicago	288	(10)
The Gangsters	298	(14)
Clubbing Then and Now	312	(6)
Cameos	318	(8)
Television	326	(10)
Rare Gems	336	(9)
Food	345	(6)
Infamous Males	351	(19)
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles	370	(11)
Sayings Better Left Unsaid	381	(4)
Hauntings	385	(8)
Bibliography	393	(4)
Index	397	(12)
About the Author	409