Bibliograph

American mafia, Chicago : true stories of families who made Windy City history, William Griffith

Type

Label

American mafia, Chicago : true stories of families who made Windy City history, William Griffith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American mafia

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

841206043

Responsibility statement

William Griffith

Sub title

Chicago : true stories of families who made Windy City history

Summary

Griffith explores the Windy City, strolling through its neighborhoods and imagining scenes from the past, telling the stories of the men, women, and families and revealing the events behind the legends and the history of the families' beginnings and founding members. Featuring stories from the early days, when loosely-organized, incredibly secretive gangs terrorized neighborhoods with names like Little Hell, through the mob's headiest years, when Al Capone and his men pretty well controlled the city

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Little hell and the Black Hand -- Il diavolo and the Devil's gang -- Big Jim and Johnny the fox -- The beer wars of '23 -- The end of the alliance -- Death of a big shot -- Revenge follows revenge -- The brief reign of the Genna brothers -- Capone's first mistake -- The bark of the guns -- Peace in the city? -- A new Chicago -- "They're full of dead men in there!" -- Closing in -- Epilogues and aftermaths -- Select bibliography -- About the author

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