The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld… (edition 2002)

by Herbert Asbury

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Title:	The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld (Illinois)
Authors:	Herbert Asbury
Info:	Thunder's Mouth Press (2002), Paperback
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The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld (Illinois) by Herbert Asbury

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this about gang all over chicago were they are and they be doing to get in or out of the gangs. (

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Gem of the Prairie

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Mickey Finn

H. H. Holmes

Al Capone

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Levee District, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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The Gangs of Chicago was also published under the titles Gem of the Prairie and Chicago Underworld.

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The story of Chicago's golden age of crime climaxes with a dramatic account of the careers of the "biggest of the Big Shots": Big Jim Colosimo, Terrible Johnny Torrio, and the elusive Al Capone. The perfect companion to "The Gangs of New York, " now being made into a major Martin Scorsese film starring Leonardo DiCaprio.… (more)

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