{"product_id":"american-mafia-chicago-true-stories-of-families-who-made-windy-city-history-paperback","title":"American Mafia: Chicago: True Stories Of Families Who Made Windy City History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Griffith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone knows stories about the American Mafia and its varied forms of crime, from racketeering to stock manipulation to murder. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Mafia: Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e explores the Windy City, strolling through its neighborhoods and imagining scenes from the past--telling the stories of the men, women, and families and revealing the events behind the legends and the history of the families' beginnings and founding members. \u003cbr\u003eFeaturing the most fascinating stories from the early days, when loosely-organized, incredibly secretive gangs terrorized neighborhoods with names like Little Hell, through the mob's headiest years, when Al Capone and his men pretty well controlled the city, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Mafia: Chicago \u003c\/i\u003eoffers tantalizing glimpses into the era when Chicago was ruled by gangs with their ever-twisting allegiances and tangled webs of relationships. \u003cbr\u003eMost of the buildings are gone now.\u003cbr\u003eBut the stories are still there, if you know where to look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Griffith is known to his friends as Wild Bill, but actually lives a quiet life with his dogs in a small apartment beneath the El tracks on Lake Street - you get used to the noise after a while. His doorknob was salvaged from the rubble of the Lexington Hotel, and the apartment itself is reputed to have once been the home of a member of the Genna Brothers gang. His grandfather was a gangbuster in northern Missouri.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468153340157,"sku":"9780762778447","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/TXQySm5mYk9oejMwbEZtS2c0VnAxdz09.webp?v=1777285606","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/american-mafia-chicago-true-stories-of-families-who-made-windy-city-history-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}