Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair (eBook)
280 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7227-9 (ISBN)
Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago is a historical look at Chicago during the darkest days of the Great Depression. The story of Chicago fighting the hold that organized crime had on the city to be able to put on The 1933 Worlds Fair.William Hazelgrove provides the exciting and sprawling history behind the 1933 Worlds Fair, the last of the golden age. He reveals the story of the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who beat Al Capone at his own game, ending the gangster era as prohibition was repealed. The story of an intriguing woman, Sally Rand, who embodied the Worlds Fair with her own rags to riches story and brought sex into the open. The story of Rufus and Charles Dawes who gave the fair a theme and then found financing in the worst economic times the country had ever experienced. The story of the most corrupt mayor of Chicago, William Thompson, who owed his election to Al Capone; and the mayor who followed him, Anton Cermak, who was murdered months before the fair opened by an assassin many said was hired by Al Capone.But most of all it's the story about a city fighting for survival in the darkest of times; and a shining light of hope called A Century of Progress.
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, RichmondTimes 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
Forty Years Later1: Chicago, May 27, 19332: Valentine’s Day, 19293: Chicago’s Second World’s Fair4: WAMPAS Baby Star5: Public Enemy Number One6: The White City7: Bootlegging8: The Big Man 9: The Big Fellah Comes Home10: The Perfect Storm11: Financing a Fair12: The Untouchables13: Birth of the Nymph14: Death in the Underground15: Breaking Ground16: The Secret Six17: The Modernists18: Lady Godiva19: Horatio Alger Returns20: The Design21: The Secret Six Get to Work 22: Beginning to Build the Rainbow City23: Gold Diggers24: Meeting Al Capone25: Water, Electric, and the Sky Ride26: One Hundred Thousand27: The Depression Fair28: Nymphs29: Springtime in Chicago30: The Sky Ride31: The Trial of Al Capone32: Color and Light33: The Plea Bargain34: The Temple of Womanhood35: The Bad Plea Bargain36: Frank Lloyd Wright's Fair37: Hayseeds38: The Gaseous Tube39: The Trial of Al Capone40: The Disposable Fair41: Verdict42: Racing the Clock43: Capone on Ice44: Lady Godiva Again45: Death of the Untouchables46: A Day at the Fair47: Sex at the Fair48: A Century of Progress49: Rags to Riches50: En of the FairEpilogue
| Zusatzinfo | 9 Illustrations including: - 9 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs. |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Schlagworte | Al Capone • Chicago • chicago history • Gangs of Chicago • Great Depression • Sally Rand • The Secret Six • World's Fair 1933 |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4422-7227-9 / 1442272279 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4422-7227-9 / 9781442272279 |
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