City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
by Krist, Gary
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0307454304
- ISBN 13
- 9780307454300
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About This Item
New York: Broadway Books, 2013. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Former owner's name plate on inside of front cover, else Fine. 8 pages of contemporary b/w photos. 1919, and 12 days in Chicago when pandemonium broke loose--a blimp crashed through the roof of a downtown bank incinerating those inside; one of the worst race riots in history broke out at a South Side beach; a transit strike paralyzed the city; and a child murder transfixed a city on the brink of collapse. 364 pages with Noted, Bibliography, and Index. 8" x 5.25".2013, Broadway Books, New York.
Synopsis
Gary Krist has written for the New York Times , Esquire , Salon , the Washington Post Book World , and other publications. He is the author of the acclaimed The White Cascade as well as several works of fiction.
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027593
- Title
- City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
- Author
- Krist, Gary
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0307454304
- ISBN 13
- 9780307454300
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- CHICAGO, HISTORY DISASTERS, ILLINOIS, CHICAGO
- X weight
- 0 oz
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