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City of scoundrels : the twelve days of disaster that gave birth to modern Chicago
- Title
- City of scoundrels : the twelve days of disaster that gave birth to modern Chicago / Gary Krist.
- Author
- Krist, Gary.
- Publication
- New York : Crown Publishers, c2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IVF (Chicago) 12-4886 | Schwarzman Building M2 - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- 347 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports., maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Documents the harrowing twelve-day period in Chicago in 1919 during which a blimp crash, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder case challenged the city's modernization efforts.
- Alternative Title
- Twelve days of disaster that gave birth to modern Chicago
- 12 days of disaster that gave birth to modern Chicago
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-333) and index.
- Call Number
- IVF (Chicago) 12-4886
- ISBN
- 9780307454294
- 0307454290
- LCCN
- 2011010906
- OCLC
- 707887007
- Author
- Krist, Gary.
- Title
- City of scoundrels : the twelve days of disaster that gave birth to modern Chicago / Gary Krist.
- Imprint
- New York : Crown Publishers, c2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-333) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IVF (Chicago) 12-4886