{"product_id":"the-wicked-city-chicago-from-kenna-to-capone-9780306808210","title":"The Wicked City: Chicago from Kenna to Capone","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Wicked City\u003c\/i\u003e is an account of Chicago's vice, crime, capitalism, and corruption from Pierre the Mole, who sold whiskey to the Indians, through Jonny Torrio and Al Capone, who bootlegged a Great Lake's worth of booze during the Roaring Twenties. Chicago's drive for wealth and power in this fifty-year span are evoked through the spirited accounts of the careers of its leading tycoons--such as Charles Yerkes, Marshall Field, George Pullman, and Big Bill Thompson--and its leading gangsters: the Terrible Gennas, Jim Colosino, Dion O'Banion, Diamond Joe Esposito, Johnny Torrio, and Al Capone. The Chicago portrayed here is raw, real, and vital; its raucousness, lawlessness, ebullience, and greed become poetic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Curt Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.87h x 5.84w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306808210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCurt Johnson \u003c\/b\u003ehas published five novels and over sixty short stories, including selections of the \u003ci\u003eO. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, he has edited four anthologies of fiction and published four books of nonfiction. He lives in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40973329563763,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":41.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_84d37886-c4bc-425f-bcfb-5b3d45e4243a.jpg?v=1695825230","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-wicked-city-chicago-from-kenna-to-capone-9780306808210","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}