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Author:
Hazelgrove, William Elliott, 1959- author.
Title:
Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair : the end of the gangster era in Chicago / William Elliott Hazelgrove.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xiii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Century of Progress International Exposition--(1933-1934 :--Chicago, Ill.)
Capone, Al,--1899-1947.
Century of Progress International Exposition.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Civilization--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Civilization.
Social conditions.
Illinois--Chicago.
1900-1999
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index.
Contents:
Chicago, May 27, 1933 -- Valentine's Day, 1929 -- Chicago's second World's Fair -- WAMPAS baby star -- Public enemy number one -- the white city -- Bootlegging -- The big man -- The big fellah comes home -- The perfect storm -- Financing a fair -- The untouchables -- Birth of the nymphs -- Death in the underground -- Breaking ground -- The secret six -- The modernists -- Lady Godiva -- Horatio Alger returns -- The design -- The secret six get to work -- Beginning to build the rainbow city -- Gold diggers -- Meeting Al Capone -- Water, electric, and the sky ride -- One hundred thousand -- The depression fair -- Nymphs -- Springtime in Chicago -- The sky ride -- The trial of Al Capone -- Color and light -- The plea bargain -- The temple of womanhood -- The bad plea bargain -- Frank Lloyd Wright's fair -- Hayseeds -- The gaseous tube -- The trial of Al Capone -- The disposable fair -- Verdict -- Racing the clock -- Capone on ice -- Lady Godiva again -- Death of the untouchables -- A day at the fair -- Sex at the fair -- A century of progress -- Rags to riches -- End of the fair.
Summary:
"William Elliot Hazelgrove provides the exciting and sprawling history behind the 1933 World's Fair, the last of the golden age. He reveals the story of the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed the Secret Six, who beat Al Capone at his own game, ending the gangster era as Prohibition was repealed. He also details the story of an intriguing woman, Sally Rand, who embodied the ideals of the World's Fair with her own rags-to-riches story and brought sex into the open, as well as the story of Rufus and Charles Dawes, who gave the fair a theme and found financing during the worst economic times the country had ever experienced." -- Book jacket.
ISBN:
1442272260
9781442272262
OCLC:
(OCoLC)987376366
LCCN:
2017006093
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)
TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

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