In the 1970s, Mafia hitman Harry Aleman was acquitted of murder despite the eyewitness testimony of one of the victim's neighbors, Bob Lowe. Twenty years later, when it was discovered that Aleman's associates had bribed the judge, Aleman was tried again. Lowe testified once more, and Aleman was convicted. Authors Possley and Kogan use this story ...
For two generations of Americans, reading Ann Landers's daily column was as important as eating breakfast and as natural as brushing their teeth. For nearly fifty years an entire nation turned to this quick-witted, worldly-wise counselor for advice on everything from proper dinner etiquette to sex, yet few actually knew the real woman behind the ...
The most acclaimed true crime story of 2001 is now available in paperback. In 1972, 25-year-old auto mechanic Bob Lowe witnessed a Mob murder by Harry Aleman, Chicago's prince of organized crime. Lowe decided to testify, but in the web of political corruption, payoffs, and Mob power, Lowe's entrance into the Witness Protection Program was just the ...
Few people know Chicago as do Rick Kogan and Charles Osgood, and their "Sidewalks" column for the "Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine" is a tour of the city like no other, taking readers to the off-beat and quintessential spots that give Chicago its character - that make its inhabitants feel at home and tell its visitors that they have arrived. ...
"Chicago Tribune" newspaperman Kogan celebrates the colorful history and endearing characters of the Windy City's famous Billy Goat Tavern. It's the story of how hard work, antics, good fortune, and a losing ball team brought one family the American dream, and one city a beloved tavern.
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