GEM OF THE PRAIRIE. AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO UNDERWORLD

HERBERT ASBURY

Published by ALFRED A. KNOPF, NEW YORK AND LONDON, 1940

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THERE IS A 19 PAGE EASILY SEARCHABLE INDEX. AND A 4 PAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY SOURCE LIST THAT ASBURY USED TO CREATE THIS MASTERPIECE OF CHICAGO'S HISTORY OF VICE AND CRIME. THIS ADVANCE READING COPY WAS ISSUED IN A LIMITED NUMBER TO DISTRIBUTORS AND CRITICS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND PUBLICITY COMMENTARIES ABOUT THE BOOK. THE COVERS ARE COMPRISED OF PRINTED STIFF PAPER THAT ARE NOT PRESENT ON THE FINAL BOOK'S PRODUCTION . THIS BOOK IS A SCARCE UNCOMMON ADVANCE READING COPY OF HERBERT ASBURY'S CHICAGO CLASSIC ASSEMBLY OF MATERIAL SUCH AS PROSTITUTION NEWSPAPERS THAT CANNOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE. THE CRIMINAL CHARACTERS PORTRAYED IN THIS SUCCINCT HISTORY INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS H. H. HOLMES, A MASS MURDERER DURING THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, GAMBLER AND CRIME BOSS MIKE McDONALD, PROSTITUTES CARRIE WATSON AND MARY HASTINGS. PROSTITUTION MADAMS ADA AND MINNA EVERLEIGH, THE THREE CAR BANDITS, BIG JIM COLOSIMO AND OF COURSE JOHNNY TORRIO AND AL CAPONE. THERE ARE NOTARIOUS POLITICOS SUCH AS HINKY DINK KENNA AND BATHHOUSE COUGHLIN. THE BOOK EVEN CONTAINS A PRINT OF COUGHLIN'S ROMANTIC AND POETIC SHEET MUSIC , "DEAR MIDNIGHT OF LOVE." CHICAGO IS NAMED AS THE MOST WICKED CITY IN THE WORLD. Size: 5 5/8" X 8 1/2".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: GEM OF THE PRAIRIE. AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO UNDERWORLD
• Publisher: ALFRED A. KNOPF, NEW YORK AND LONDON
• Publication Date: 1940
• Language: English
• Binding: STIFF PAPER PRINTED WRAPPERS
• Edition: ADVANCE READING COPY.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • CHICAGO
  • CHICAGO AUTHOR
  • CAPONE