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02755aam a2200445 i 4500 001 3676B734D37711ED83DD52344BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230405010043 008 230315s2023 nyuaf 001 0deng d 010 $a 2022948698 020 $a 0806542128 020 $a 9780806542126 035 $a (OCoLC)1372648476 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $e rda $c FBP $d FBP $d JVK $d OCLCQ $d ILC $d APL $d SILO 043 $a n-us-co 100 1 $a Prendergast, Alan, $e author. 245 10 $a Gangbuster : $b one man's battle against crime, corruption, and the Klan / $c Alan Prendergast. 246 30 $a Gang buster 246 30 $a One man's battle against crime, corruption, and the Klan 246 30 $a 1 man's battle against crime, corruption, and the Klan 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., $c [2023] 300 $a vii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a Prologue -- Grifters. The fighting man ; The big store ; The wire ; The roundup ; Unfixed -- Hoods. The klandestine candidate ; The star chamber ; The dangerous summer ; Tonight we see the Mob ; The new regime ; Collapse ; Legacies. 520 $a An award-winning journalist presents the story of Philip Van Cise, a rookie District Attorney who fought the KKK, organized crime, and government corruption in Denver in the 1920s and how his experiences still resonate one century later. 520 $a At the height of the 1920s, the ex-frontier town of Denver emerged from the postwar boom as the future of the American city. But the progress and opportunity masked a sew of organized crime, elaborate swindles, and widespread government corruption. Rookie district attorney Philip Van Cise employed military intelligence tools he'd developed during the war, and crippled the criminal empire of Lou Blonger. When the Ku Klux Klan employed anti-immigration scare tactics, vigilantism, and culture wars while claiming to protect true American values, Van Cise was determined to expose the Invisible Empire from within -- adapted from jacket. 600 10 $a Van Cise, Philip S. $q (Philip Sidney), $d 1884- 610 20 $a Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) $x History. 650 0 $a Organized crime $z Denver $z Denver $x History. 650 0 $a Political corruption $z Denver $z Denver $x History. 651 0 $a Denver (Colo.) $x History $y 20th century. 941 $a 6 952 $l NVPB663 $d 20231212011021.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011425.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230603010120.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20230505010105.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230414010342.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230405010250.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3676B734D37711ED83DD52344BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search