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9780897334211

Chicago by Gaslight A History of Chicago's Netherworld: 1880-1920

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  • ISBN13:

    9780897334211

  • ISBN10:

    0897334213

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-08-30
  • Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers

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Summary

Chicago by Gaslight revises the picture of the glittering Chicago of impressive mansions and museums; it exposes the city's corrupt underbelly and the realities of life in an age which is often assumed to have been simpler and more than ours. Interspersed with major chapters on the Haymarket riot, the gamblers' wars, the notorious levee red-light district and institutionalized graft, are briefer chapters: the tragic predicament of a pregnant woman whose lover jilts her; the newspaper wars of the Annenberg brothers; a beach outing which becomes an ugly race riot; a serial killer, the extent of whose crimes is still unknown.

Author Biography

Richard C. Lindberg grew up in Chicago's Norwood Park neighborhood. His nine books include "Chicago by Gaslight: A History of the Chicago Netherworld, 1880-I 920, The White Sox Encyclopedia, "and "The Armchair Companion to chicago Sports. "He is the former editor of the "Illinois Police and Sheriff's News "and served as head writer and senior editor for the Edgar Award-winning "Encyclopedia of World Crime."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
Derby Day, 1885
1(6)
Haymarket
7(40)
The Boodlers and the Great Escape
47(24)
1896: The Summer of Silver and Gold
71(34)
A New Century, 1901
105(6)
Low Life in the Levee
111(46)
Interlude: Love and Betrayal in the City
157(4)
Bombs, Gamblers and Newspaper Wars
161(24)
1919: The Summer of Lost Innocence
185(26)
Appendix 211(4)
Notes 215(6)
Bibliography 221(6)
Index 227

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