{"product_id":"chicago-shakedown-john-f-hogan-9781467139519","title":"Chicago Shakedown: The Ogden Gas Scandal","description":"The Ogden Gas Affair represented the biggest political scandal of Chicago's first sixty years. Mayor John P. Hopkins and Democratic Party boss Roger Sullivan conspired with ten other insiders to form a dummy corporation to blackmail Peoples Gas Company. The scam poured money into the coffers of beneficiaries who were never prosecuted, including the governor of Illinois, John P. Altgeld. As their lengthy swindle ran its course, Hopkins and Sullivan rubbed elbows with the most notorious grafters of the robber baron era, including Charles Yerkes and Big Bill Thompson. Author John Hogan follows the money in a scheme that became a template for the enrichment of the connected at the expense of the citizenry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John F. Hogan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1467139513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467139519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"John F. Hogan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058546438399,"sku":"9781467139519","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa65c8ec-6e0e-4260-95e3-e49983445e31.jpg?v=1685053186","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chicago-shakedown-john-f-hogan-9781467139519","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}