William Elliott Hazelgrove

Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair

The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago

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Produktbeschreibung

William Hazelgrove explores the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who would beat Capone at his own game, as well as the construction of the 1933 World's Fair and the rags to riches story of Sally Rand.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781442272262
• ISBN-10: 1442272260
• Artikelnr.: 47489380

Autorenporträt

William Elliott Hazelgrove has a Masters in History and is the best-selling author of ten novels and two works of nonfiction, including Forging a President: How the Wild West Created Teddy Roosevelt (2017) and Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson (2016). His books have hit the National Bestseller List, received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Booklist, Book of the Month Selections, Literary Guild Selections, History Book Club Bestsellers, Junior Library Guild Selections, and ALA Editor's Choice Awards. He was the Ernest Hemingway Writer-in- Residence where he wrote in the attic of Ernest Hemingway's birthplace. He has written articles and reviews for USA Today and other publications. He has been the subject of interviews in NPR's All Things Considered along with features in The New York Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Richmond Times Dispatch, USA Today, People, NBC, WBEZ, WGN, and American History TV CSPAN. He also runs a political cultural blog, The View from Hemingway's Attic. http://www.williamhazelgrove.com

Inhaltsangabe

Forty Years Later 1: Chicago, May 27, 1933 2: Valentine's Day, 1929 3:
Chicago's Second World's Fair 4: WAMPAS Baby Star 5: Public Enemy Number
One 6: The White City 7: Bootlegging 8: The Big Man 9: The Big Fellah Comes
Home 10: The Perfect Storm 11: Financing a Fair 12: The Untouchables 13:
Birth of the Nymph 14: Death in the Underground 15: Breaking Ground 16: The
Secret Six 17: The Modernists 18: Lady Godiva 19: Horatio Alger Returns 20:
The Design 21: The Secret Six Get to Work 22: Beginning to Build the
Rainbow City 23: Gold Diggers 24: Meeting Al Capone 25: Water, Electric,
and the Sky Ride 26: One Hundred Thousand 27: The Depression Fair 28:
Nymphs 29: Springtime in Chicago 30: The Sky Ride 31: The Trial of Al
Capone 32: Color and Light 33: The Plea Bargain 34: The Temple of Womanhood
35: The Bad Plea Bargain 36: Frank Lloyd Wright's Fair 37: Hayseeds 38: The
Gaseous Tube 39: The Trial of Al Capone 40: The Disposable Fair 41: Verdict
42: Racing the Clock 43: Capone on Ice 44: Lady Godiva Again 45: Death of
the Untouchables 46: A Day at the Fair 47: Sex at the Fair 48: A Century of
Progress 49: Rags to Riches 50: En of the Fair Epilogue