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Author: Richard C Lindberg ,
John Miya
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.603kg
ISBN: 9780809328932
ISBN 10: 0809328933
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 01 June 2009
Audience:
General/trade
,
General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
<p> Until now, little was known about Michael C. McDonald and his profound impact in shaping the political-criminal landscape of Chicago. Richard Lindberg masterfully brings McDonald and his world back to life; a world populated by card sharps, bunko swindlers, back-alley characters, and rogue saloon bosses. Michael C. McDonald's legacy is a degree of civic malfeasance unmatched anywhere else in the country. As one frustrated alderman lamented, 'Chicago is unique. It is the only totally corrupt city in America.' How did Chicago get this way? Lindberg provides us with the answers. --William J. Helmer, author of Public Enemies: America's Criminal Past, 1919-1940
“Until now, little was known about Michael C. McDonald and his profound impact in shaping the political-criminal landscape of Chicago. Richard Lindberg masterfully brings McDonald and his world back to life; a world populated by card sharps, bunko swindlers, back-alley characters, and rogue saloon bosses. Michael C. McDonald’s legacy is a degree of civic malfeasance unmatched anywhere else in the country.  As one frustrated alderman lamented, ‘Chicago is unique. It is the only totally corrupt city in America.’ How did Chicago get this way? Lindberg provides us with the answers.”—William J. Helmer, author of Public Enemies: America’s Criminal Past, 1919–1940
Until now, little was known about Michael C. McDonald and his profound impact in shaping the political-criminal landscape of Chicago. Richard Lindberg masterfully brings McDonald and his world back to life; a world populated by card sharps, bunko swindlers, back-alley characters, and rogue saloon bosses. Michael C. McDonald's legacy is a degree of civic malfeasance unmatched anywhere else in the country. As one frustrated alderman lamented, 'Chicago is unique. It is the only totally corrupt city in America.' How did Chicago get this way? Lindberg provides us with the answers. --William J. Helmer, author of Public Enemies: America's Criminal Past, 1919-1940
Until now, little was known about Michael C. McDonald and his profound impact in shaping the political-criminal landscape of Chicago. Richard Lindberg masterfully brings McDonald and his world back to life; a world populated by card sharps, bunko swindlers, back-alley characters, and rogue saloon bosses. Michael C. McDonald s legacy is a degree of civic malfeasance unmatched anywhere else in the country. As one frustrated alderman lamented, Chicago is unique. It is the only totally corrupt city in America. How did Chicago get this way? Lindberg provides us with the answers. William J. Helmer, author of Public Enemies: America s Criminal Past, 19191940
Author Information
Richard C. Lindberg is a journalist, a research historian, and the author or a coauthor of thirteen books, including Chicago Yesterday and Today, Shattered Sense of Innocence: The 1955 Murders of Three Chicago Children and Return to the Scene of the Crime: A Guide to Infamous Places in Chicago. He is a past president of the Society of Midland Authors and a 2008 recipient of the Morris Wexler Award, presented by the Illinois Academy of Criminology, for his contributions to the field of criminal justice writing.
