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OverviewAl Capone and the 1933 World’s Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago is a historical look at Chicago during the darkest days of the Great Depression. The story of Chicago fighting the hold that organized crime had on the city to be able to put on The 1933 World's Fair. William Hazelgrove provides the exciting and sprawling history behind the 1933 World's Fair, the last of the golden age. He reveals the story of the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who beat Al Capone at his own game, ending the gangster era as prohibition was repealed. The story of an intriguing woman, Sally Rand, who embodied the World's Fair with her own rags to riches story and brought sex into the open. The story of Rufus and Charles Dawes who gave the fair a theme and then found financing in the worst economic times the country had ever experienced. The story of the most corrupt mayor of Chicago, William Thompson, who owed his election to Al Capone; and the mayor who followed him, Anton Cermak, who was murdered months before the fair opened by an assassin many said was hired by Al Capone. But most of all it’s the story about a city fighting for survival in the darkest of times; and a shining light of hope called A Century of Progress. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William Elliott HazelgrovePublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.70cm Weight: 0.422kg ISBN: 9781538135556ISBN 10: 1538135558 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 09 September 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForty Years Later 1: Chicago, May 27, 1933 2: Valentine’s Day, 1929 3: Chicago’s Second World’s Fair 4: WAMPAS Baby Star 5: Public Enemy Number One 6: The White City 7: Bootlegging 8: The Big Man 9: The Big Fellah Comes Home 10: The Perfect Storm 11: Financing a Fair 12: The Untouchables 13: Birth of the Nymph 14: Death in the Underground 15: Breaking Ground 16: The Secret Six 17: The Modernists 18: Lady Godiva 19: Horatio Alger Returns 20: The Design 21: The Secret Six Get to Work 22: Beginning to Build the Rainbow City 23: Gold Diggers 24: Meeting Al Capone 25: Water, Electric, and the Sky Ride 26: One Hundred Thousand 27: The Depression Fair 28: Nymphs 29: Springtime in Chicago 30: The Sky Ride 31: The Trial of Al Capone 32: Color and Light 33: The Plea Bargain 34: The Temple of Womanhood 35: The Bad Plea Bargain 36: Frank Lloyd Wright's Fair 37: Hayseeds 38: The Gaseous Tube 39: The Trial of Al Capone 40: The Disposable Fair 41: Verdict 42: Racing the Clock 43: Capone on Ice 44: Lady Godiva Again 45: Death of the Untouchables 46: A Day at the Fair 47: Sex at the Fair 48: A Century of Progress 49: Rags to Riches 50: En of the Fair EpilogueReviewsIn the years leading up to 1933, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two rich Chicago kids, murdered another boy for fun; the U.S. was mired in the Great Depression; Charles Lindbergh's baby was kidnapped and murdered; Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany; and Al Capone, who had used Prohibition as a way to expand his criminal empire, was the de facto mayor of Chicago, even though he was, technically, a prison inmate. Amid all this turmoil, the Chicago political powers that be thought it would be a great idea to throw a World's Fair. But how do you fund a $20 million extravaganza when the city is broke? How do you keep the gangsters from running rampant? The fair's planner promised the people of the city that gangsters 'will be gone' by the time of the fair, but how could he possibly follow through? Enter the Secret Six, a group of businessmen who joined forces for a most dangerous mission: to eradicate organized crime in Chicago by the time the fair opened. This is a thrilling and frequently surprising story about larger-than-life people and their larger-than-life ambitions. * Booklist * This book is intense and exciting and brings to life a piece of history that's thrilling and fascinating. * Kenosha News * [Hazelgrove] argues that Chicago had to break the hold of organized crime in order to stage the 1933 World's Fair. Hazelgrove supports his argument by revealing how a group of Chicago businessmen, dubbed the `Secret Six,' worked to end the gangster era . . . this is a slim but satisfying study, one that general readers will find enlightening and scholars of the presidency and humor will find most valuable. * Journal Of Illinois History * Hazelgrove. . . makes a compelling argument that scapegoating Capone for the fiscal ills of both Chicago and the United States (following the Great Depression) was nothing more than a distraction from the greater economic calamities that had undermined American capitalism. . . . Hazelgrove, intentionally I suspect, provides a thoughtful comparison between the xenophobia of yesterday with what is consuming American society today. Citing the president's name several times, it is quite apparent that Hazelgrove recognizes history's recurring theme: no matter how the names may change, the game remains the same - namely, blame outsiders for what are clearly systemic flaws in our system of justice. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books * Love it. He keeps supplying my bookshelf with things that I love. William Hazelgrove is prolific and he becomes, with each book, a better writer. Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair is a fascinating and fabulous book that tells the story of a sadly relatively unknown but successful World's Fair. This was obviously an enjoyable project for Hazelgrove; he brings it to life. -- Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, WGN Radio A great thrill ride through Al Capone's Chicago, filled with sizzling action and unforgettable characters. -- Jonathan Eig, author of Get Capone/ ALI In the years leading up to 1933, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two rich Chicago kids, murdered another boy for fun; the U.S. was mired in the Great Depression; Charles Lindbergh's baby was kidnapped and murdered; Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany; and Al Capone, who had used Prohibition as a way to expand his criminal empire, was the de facto mayor of Chicago, even though he was, technically, a prison inmate. Amid all this turmoil, the Chicago political powers that be thought it would be a great idea to throw a World's Fair. But how do you fund a $20 million extravaganza when the city is broke? How do you keep the gangsters from running rampant? The fair's planner promised the people of the city that gangsters 'will be gone' by the time of the fair, but how could he possibly follow through? Enter the Secret Six, a group of businessmen who joined forces for a most dangerous mission: to eradicate organized crime in Chicago by the time the fair opened. This is a thrilling and frequently surprising story about larger-than-life people and their larger-than-life ambitions. * Booklist * This book is intense and exciting and brings to life a piece of history that's thrilling and fascinating. * Kenosha News * [Hazelgrove] argues that Chicago had to break the hold of organized crime in order to stage the 1933 World's Fair. Hazelgrove supports his argument by revealing how a group of Chicago businessmen, dubbed the 'Secret Six,' worked to end the gangster era . . . this is a slim but satisfying study, one that general readers will find enlightening and scholars of the presidency and humor will find most valuable. * Journal Of Illinois History * Hazelgrove. . . makes a compelling argument that scapegoating Capone for the fiscal ills of both Chicago and the United States (following the Great Depression) was nothing more than a distraction from the greater economic calamities that had undermined American capitalism. . . . Hazelgrove, intentionally I suspect, provides a thoughtful comparison between the xenophobia of yesterday with what is consuming American society today. Citing the president's name several times, it is quite apparent that Hazelgrove recognizes history's recurring theme: no matter how the names may change, the game remains the same - namely, blame outsiders for what are clearly systemic flaws in our system of justice. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books * Love it. He keeps supplying my bookshelf with things that I love. William Hazelgrove is prolific and he becomes, with each book, a better writer. Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair is a fascinating and fabulous book that tells the story of a sadly relatively unknown but successful World's Fair. This was obviously an enjoyable project for Hazelgrove; he brings it to life. -- Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, WGN Radio A great thrill ride through Al Capone's Chicago, filled with sizzling action and unforgettable characters. -- Jonathan Eig, author of Get Capone/ ALI Author InformationWilliam Elliott Hazelgrove has a Masters in History and is the best-selling author of ten novels and two works of nonfiction, including Forging a President: How the Wild West Created Teddy Roosevelt (2017) and Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson (2016). His books have hit the National Bestseller List, received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Booklist, Book of the Month Selections, Literary Guild Selections, History Book Club Bestsellers, Junior Library Guild Selections, and ALA Editor’s Choice Awards. He was the Ernest Hemingway Writer-in- Residence where he wrote in the attic of Ernest Hemingway's birthplace. He has written articles and reviews for USA Today and other publications. He has been the subject of interviews in NPR's All Things Considered along with features in The New York Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Richmond Times Dispatch, USA Today, People, NBC, WBEZ, WGN, and American History TV CSPAN. He also runs a political cultural blog, The View from Hemingway's Attic. http://www.williamhazelgrove.com Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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