| Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties Contributor(s): Lesy, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393330591 ISBN-13: 9780393330595 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: Lesy's portrait of a gruesome era could be fiction--but it's not. Providing a glimpse into the dark side of the Jazz Age, Lesy's sharp, fearless storytelling makes a compelling case that this collection of criminals may be the progenitors of our modern age. 60 illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 364.152 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6" W x 9.26" (1.08 lbs) 346 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Chicago, Illinois - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Things began as they usually did: Someone shot someone else. So begins a chapter of Michael Lesy's disturbingly satisfying account of Chicago in the 1920s, the epicenter of Murder in America. Just as Lesy's first book, Wisconsin Death Trip, subverted the accepted notion of the Gay Nineties, so Murder City exposes the dark side of the Jazz Age. Revisiting seventeen Chicago murder cases--including that of Belva and Beulah, two murderesses whose trials inspired the musical Chicago--Lesy's sharp, fearless storytelling makes a compelling case that this collection of criminals may be progenitors of our modern age. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lesy, Michael: - Michael Lesy is one of America's leading photographic scholars. His books include Wisconsin Death Trip, Murder City, Angel's World, and Long Time Coming. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he teaches literary journalism at Hampshire College. |