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City of scoundrels : the 12 days of disaster that gave birth to modern Chicago
City of scoundrels : the 12 days of disaster that gave birth to modern Chicago
Krist, Gary
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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. Abstract: 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
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Year:
2012
Publisher:
Crown Publishers
Language:
English
ISBN 10:
0307454312
ISBN:
978-0-307-45431-7,0307454312
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Disasters -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century. Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century. Chicago (Ill.) -- Civilization. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) Civilization. Disasters. Illinois -- Chicago.
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