About this title: Michael Lesy's portrait of a gruesome era could be fiction - but it's not. "Things began as they usually did: Someone shot someone else." So begins a chapter of Lesy's disturbingly satisfying account of Chicago in the 1920s, the epicentre of murder in America. A city where daily newspapers fell over each other to cover the latest mayhem. A city where professionals and amateurs alike snuffed one another out, often for the most banal of reasons. Men killing men, men killing women, women killing men - crimes of loot and love. Just as Lesy's first book, "Wisconsin Death Trip", subverted the ...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York
Date Published: 2007
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A5-An advance reader's edition trade paperback in near fine condition that is lightly curled and has light shelf wear. Michael Lesy's portrait of a gruesome era could be fiction-but it's not. 9.25"x6", 331 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton, New York
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780393060300ISBN:0393060306
Description: Hardback with dust jacket. In Good+ condition with dark (possibly coffee) stain to bottom edge of text block and bumping to corners in a Good+ dust jacket that has dampstaining to top edge of jacket and some creasing to edges of jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition-First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York & London
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780393060300ISBN:0393060306
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780393060300ISBN:0393060306
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 9&1/2" by 6&1/2" Review copy. Black spine on gray boards, silver title, clean and tight, 344 pages, photo illustrations; jacket is clean and bright. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 2008-02-28
ISBN-13:9780393330595ISBN:0393330591
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780393330595ISBN:0393330591
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 2007-02-01
ISBN-13:9780393060300ISBN:0393060306
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780393060300. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780393060300ISBN:0393060306
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Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780393060300ISBN:0393060306
Description: As New in As New dust jacket. 0393060306. 2007 stated first edition, first printing hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition. Book is unread. Protective mylar cover.; 1.2 x 9.3 x 6.1 Inches; 344 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780393060300ISBN:0393060306
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"Meh. So far, it's kind of disappointing. It's sort of sensational, with dramatic pauses during, and endings to each chapter. We'll see if I can make it through this one."
"This book had so much potential to be interesting, but the poor writing style and the CONSTANT reminders that 1920's monetary values are approximately 1/10th of todays values turned me off.
Also annoying was the author's habit of referring to photos that were published in the 1920's Chicago newspapers, but then not including them in the text of the book."
"I really enjoyed this book. This was another find from the library and was in their recommended Chicago history books. It went through various cases in Chicago in the twenties. It skipped two obvious cases Leopold and Loeb and The St Valentine's Day Massacre. I enjoyed this book because it told how they figured out the cases including telling when the police coerced confessions and how the cases went down in court. All in all this was a very entertaining read for fans of 1920's history and true crime like myself."
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