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Al Capone and the 1933 World''s Fair - The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor By William Elliott Hazelgrove Klappentext William Hazelgrove explores the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who would beat Capone at his own game, as well as the construction of the 1933 World's Fair and the rags to riches story of Sally Rand. Zusammenfassung William Hazelgrove explores the six millionaire businessmen! dubbed The Secret Six! who would beat Capone at his own game! as well as the construction of the 1933 World's Fair and the rags to riches story of Sally Rand. Inhaltsverzeichnis Forty Years Later1: Chicago, May 27, 19332: Valentine's Day, 19293: Chicago's Second World's Fair4: WAMPAS Baby Star5: Public Enemy Number One6: The White City7: Bootlegging8: The Big Man 9: The Big Fellah Comes Home10: The Perfect Storm11: Financing a Fair12: The Untouchables13: Birth of the Nymph14: Death in the Underground15: Breaking Ground16: The Secret Six17: The Modernists18: Lady Godiva19: Horatio Alger Returns20: The Design21: The Secret Six Get to Work 22: Beginning to Build the Rainbow City23: Gold Diggers24: Meeting Al Capone25: Water, Electric, and the Sky Ride26: One Hundred Thousand27: The Depression Fair28: Nymphs29: Springtime in Chicago30: The Sky Ride31: The Trial of Al Capone32: Color and Light33: The Plea Bargain34: The Temple of Womanhood35: The Bad Plea Bargain36: Frank Lloyd Wright's Fair37: Hayseeds38: The Gaseous Tube39: The Trial of Al Capone40: The Disposable Fair41: Verdict42: Racing the Clock43: Capone on Ice44: Lady Godiva Again45: Death of the Untouchables46: A Day at the Fair47: Sex at the Fair48: A Century of Progress49: Rags to Riches50: En of the FairEpilogue

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Authors William Hazelgrove, William Elliott Hazelgrove
Publisher Rowman and Littlefield
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 15.09.2017
 
EAN 9781442272262
ISBN 978-1-4422-7226-2
No. of pages 280
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

History, True Crime, HISTORY / General, TRUE CRIME / General, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, History of the Americas

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