{"product_id":"big-bill-of-chicago-lloyd-wendt-9780810123199","title":"Big Bill of Chicago","description":"Winner of 2006 Illinois State Historical Society Book Award-Certificate of Excellence \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To some he was a humanitarian and builder. Others scorned him as a fake and friend of gangsters with \"the carcass of a rhinoceros and the brain of a baboon.\" This rollicking history traces the rise of William Hale \"Big Bill\" Thompson, Chicago's famous reform mayor, from his upper class roots to his years as a teenaged cowboy, from his fame as a star athlete to the years as a master politician in a world where the ward boss ruled and whiskey for the voters cost a quarter a shot. Big Bill of Chicago profiles the whole brawling arena of city politics from the turn of the century to the Prohibition Era. It is a primer in the way American politics worked-and works-and a map along the countless winding ways even the dirtiest deal can lead to something great.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lloyd Wendt,Herman Kogan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810123193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810123199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.66h x 6.12w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2005 pg. 95","brand":"Lloyd Wendt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930684801279,"sku":"9780810123199","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d2088903-f39c-4fcf-8040-6767e68a750a.jpg?v=1766343555","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/big-bill-of-chicago-lloyd-wendt-9780810123199","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}