City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago

Krist, Gary

ISBN 10: 0307454290 / ISBN 13: 9780307454294

Verlag: Crown, 2012

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Documents the harrowing 12-day period in 1919 Chicago during which a blimp crash, a race riot, a crippling transit strike and a sensational child murder case challenged the city's modernization efforts. By the author of The White Cascade. 50,000 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Gary Krist has written for the New York Times, Esquire, Salon, theWashington Post Book World, and other publications. He is the author of the acclaimedThe White Cascade as well as several works of fiction.

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Titel: City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster ...
Verlag: Crown
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: hardcover
Zustand: Very Good