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Piscataway, New Jersey, U. S. A.: New Century Publishers. As New in Good dust jacket. 1981. Unknown; Unknown. Hardcover. The jacket has a few tiny tears at the top corners. The back has a 1 1/4" tear at the bottom and a 1 1/4" tear at the spine tail. The front has an area where a price sticker was removed; it removed the printed paper from that area. ; This is an irreverent and revealing portrait of the merchant princes and magnates Marshall Field, William Randolph Hearst, P. K. Wrigley, Philip Armour, Gustavis Swift, Cyrus McCormic, George Pullman; crime king Roger Plant, Al Capone, Frank Nitti, Arnold Rothstein, who fixed the 1919 World Series and "Shoeless Joe" Jackson who played it that way; Richard J Daley and the long line of his predecessors who insisted Chicago was not ready for reform; proud pioneers of journalism and literatureincluding Carl Sandburg, Ring Lardner, Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow and Gwendolyn Brooks, and the rich heritage of Chicago Sports…
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People To See. An Anecdotal History Of Chicago's Makers And Breakers
by Nash, Jay Robert
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Piscataway: New Century. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine but price-clipped dust jacket. .
- Bookseller Beasley Books (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
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- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher New Century
- Place of Publication Piscataway
- Date Published 1981
- Keywords Chicago, Literature, Chicago History
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People to See An Anecdotal History of Chicago's Makers and Breakers. .
by Nash, Jay Robert
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New Century Press, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. spotting of the front and bottom edges of the text block, dust jacket has no damage, no annotations. The hot images we have of crime Czars, business tycoons, political bosses, hard-boiled newsmen, and sports heroes were forged in Chicago  the tough town the glories in its eccentrics. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; True Crime; USA; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0832901075. ISBN/EAN: 9780832901072. Inventory No: 0283380. . 9780832901072
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