Historic Photos of Chicago Crime The Capone Era

Name: Historic Photos of Chicago Crime The Capone Era
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ISBN: 9781620453889

ISBN-10: 1620453886

ISBN-13: 9781620453889

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Authors: John Russick

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Perhaps no city has a more fabled past than Chicago, home of legendary Al Capone. But that fabled past is often portrayed separate from the surrounding web of social realities, without which no event, no period in time can be understood. Historic Photos of Chicago Crime: The Capone Era addresses this problem by opening with a compelling look at Chicago's cityscape to include a broad range of cultural phenomena—from suffrage to jazz—essential to the contextualization of crime in the 1920s and 1930s. The history then proceeds as its title suggests to a riveting overview of crime in Chicago, chock-full of images documenting notorious gangsters and gruesome gangland wars. Al Capone, John…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Publication date: 6/1/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 7.26" wide x 10.26" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

John Russick is a curator at the Chicago History Museum. He has twenty years of experience in a variety of institutions, including the Field Museum and the Smithsonian Institution. One of his most recent exhibitions, Sensing Chicago, was recognized by the American Association of Museums in the 19th Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition. He has won awards for his exhibit label writing and he currently serves on the board of the American Association of Museums Curators Committee.