| Lords of the Levee: The Story of Bathhouse John and Hinky Dink Contributor(s): Wendt, Lloyd (Author), Kogan, Herman (Author), Kogan, Rick (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0810123207 ISBN-13: 9780810123205 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2005 Annotation: In the early twentieth century, John Coughlin and Mike Kenna ruled Chicago's First Ward, the lucrative lakefront territory and nerve center of the city. It was one of the most infamous havens for vice in the entire country, home to gambling palaces with marble floors and mahogany bars, to a mini-city of thugs and prostitutes and down-and-outers, to dives and saloons of every description and a few beyond description. In short, the First was a gold mine. In a city where money talked, it made boisterous Bathhouse John and the laconic Hinky Dink Kenna the most powerful men in town. This classic of Chicago-style journalism traces the careers of these two operators as they rose to the top of the city's political world. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Political Science |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005054725 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.08" W x 8.7" (1.14 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Locality - Chicago, Illinois |
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| Publisher Description: Winner of 2006 Illinois State Historical Society Book Award-Certificate of Excellence In the early twentieth century, John Coughlin and Mike Kenna ruled Chicago's First Ward, the lucrative lakefront territory and nerve center of the city. It was one of the most infamous havens for vice in the entire country, home to gambling palaces with marble floors and mahogany bars, to a mini-city of thugs and prostitutes and down-and-outers, to dives and saloons of every description and a few beyond description. In short, the First was a gold mine. In a city where money talked, it made boisterous Bathhouse John and the laconic Hinky Dink Kenna the most powerful men in town. This classic of Chicago-style journalism traces the careers of these two operators as they rose to the top of the city's political world. |