The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld by Herbert Asbury

The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld

Herbert Asbury

379 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime informative slow-paced
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This classic history of crime tells how Chicago's underworld earned—and kept—its reputation. Recounting the lives of such notorious denizens as the original Mickey Finn, the mass murderer H. H. Holmes, and the three Car Barn Bandits, Asbury reveal...

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