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Can I read Chicago to Springfield: Crime and Politics in the 1920s (Images of America: Illinois) on EtoBox?
Chicago to Springfield: Crime and Politics in the 1920s (Images of America: Illinois) by Jim Ridings is a true crime available to read on EtoBox.
What is Chicago to Springfield: Crime and Politics in the 1920s (Images of America: Illinois) about?
The story of Chicago gangsters in the 1920s is legendary. Less talked about is the tale of the politicians who allowed those gangsters to thrive. During the heyday of organized crime in the Prohibition era, Chicago mayor "Big Bill" Thompson and Gov. Len Small were the two most powerful political figures in Illinois. Thompson campaigned on making Chicago "a wide open town" for bootleggers. Small sold thousands of pardons and paroles to criminals, embezzled $1 million, and was then acquitted after
Who reads Chicago to Springfield: Crime and Politics in the 1920s (Images of America: Illinois)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Jim Ridings
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing (SC)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780738583730
- Category
- true crime
- Subjects
- True Crime, Memoir, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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