American Mafia : Chicago True Stories of Families Who Made Windy City History

Name: American Mafia : Chicago True Stories of Families Who Made Windy City History
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ISBN: 9780762778447

ISBN-10: 076277844X

ISBN-13: 9780762778447

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Authors: William Griffith

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Everyone knows stories about the American Mafia and its varied forms of crime, from racketeering to stock manipulation to murder. American Mafia: Chicago 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 the most fascinating 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, American Mafia: Chicago…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 10/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.044
Language: English



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