City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago Political Intelligence Contained in this book are

Contained in this book are the conversations and exchanges that followed

Or grab that can of tomatoes from the back of the cabinet

heart-rending drama of familial and racial misunderstanding

They soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one

the Deepness--the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists--is back

City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago Political Intelligence Contained in this book areThe masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse. When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, unglamorous place into "the Metropolis of the World." But just as the dream