{"product_id":"the-wicked-city-curt-johnson-9780306808210","title":"The Wicked City: Chicago from Kenna to Capone","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Wicked City\u003c\/i\u003e is an account of Chicago's vice, crime, capitalism, and corruption from Pierre the Mole, who sold whiskey to the Indians, through Jonny Torrio and Al Capone, who bootlegged a Great Lake's worth of booze during the Roaring Twenties. Chicago's drive for wealth and power in this fifty-year span are evoked through the spirited accounts of the careers of its leading tycoons--such as Charles Yerkes, Marshall Field, George Pullman, and Big Bill Thompson--and its leading gangsters: the Terrible Gennas, Jim Colosino, Dion O'Banion, Diamond Joe Esposito, Johnny Torrio, and Al Capone. The Chicago portrayed here is raw, real, and vital; its raucousness, lawlessness, ebullience, and greed become poetic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Curt Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0306808218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306808210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.87h x 5.84w x 0.99d","brand":"Curt Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119545807103,"sku":"9780306808210","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4a53e8f-2c98-4360-88fc-1e3787daec25.jpg?v=1687409874","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wicked-city-curt-johnson-9780306808210","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}