History Of The Chicago Police From The Settlement Of The Community To The Present Time
History Of The Chicago Police From The Settlement Of The Community To The Present Time

Author: John Joseph Flinn

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016290814

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A History of Chicago, Volume II
A History of Chicago, Volume II

Author: Bessie Louise Pierce

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2007-09

Total Pages: 616

ISBN-13: 0226668401

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The first major history of Chicago ever written, A History of Chicago covers the city’s great history over two centuries, from 1673 to 1893. Originally conceived as a centennial history of Chicago, the project became, under the guidance of renowned historian Bessie Louise Pierce, a definitive, three-volume set describing the city’s growth—from its humble frontier beginnings to the horrors of the Great Fire, the construction of some of the world’s first skyscrapers, and the opulence of the 1893 World’s Fair. Pierce and her assistants spent over forty years transforming historical records into an inspiring human story of growth and survival. Rich with anecdotal evidence and interviews with the men and women who made Chicago great, all three volumes will now be available for the first time in years. A History of Chicago will be essential reading for anyone who wants to know this great city and its place in America. “With this rescue of its history from the bright, impressionable newspapermen and from the subscription-volumes, Chicago builds another impressive memorial to its coming of age, the closing of its first ‘century of progress.’”—E. D. Branch, New York Times (1937)

History of the Chicago Police
History of the Chicago Police

Author: John J. Flinn

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-22

Total Pages: 820

ISBN-13: 9781331973003

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Excerpt from History of the Chicago Police: From the Settlement of the Community to the Present Time, Under Authority of the Mayor and Superintendent of the Force Let me say at the outset that the prepatration of this work was undertaken with a very evenly-balanced mixture of diidence and condence. Had the great re of October.1571. resulted only in the destruction of buildilngs. we would look, almost in vain. for traces of it to-day. The black and desolate track which marked the wake of that cnlaiuitnus and awful conagration is hidden benmith a New Chicago; the memory of our people is l)ecoming dimmed and confused regarding its course and bouml: uy, and the lIll1I r.l0l1S, almost ll11l Cl1l0ll Srecovery of the city from this terrible blow has reconciled our citizens to the event. dread- ful as it was, and heartrending as were the inc.i: lr: nt: s which surrounded it. The buildings destroyed have been replaced by others more substantial, more beautiful. The fortunes lust have been recovered in so many cases that the exceptions are not remarked. The conglomerate Illnss of melted iron, Sll lti0l I.(l granite, pulverized brick, p-mwlereml glass and smouldering nu-rchandise. which covered like a hideous pail the once beautiful district, on the Incmorahle morning of Oct.10. in the hands of Providence fertilized the soil, and prepared it for the golden harvests which were to follow. But the re destroyed many things which can never be replaced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

History of the Chicago Police from the Settlement of the Community to the Present Time, Under Authority of the Mayor and Superintendent of the Force
History of the Chicago Police from the Settlement of the Community to the Present Time, Under Authority of the Mayor and Superintendent of the Force

Author: John Joseph Flinn

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2018-02-28

Total Pages: 822

ISBN-13: 9781378688847

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Gambler King of Clark Street
The Gambler King of Clark Street

Author: Richard Lindberg

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2009-06-12

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780809328932

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The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago’s Democratic Machine tells the story of a larger-than-life figure who fused Chicago’s criminal underworld with the city’s political and commercial spheres to create an urban machine built on graft, bribery, and intimidation. In this first ever biography of McDonald, author Richard C. Lindberg vividly paints the life of the Democratic kingmaker against the wider backdrop of nineteenth-century Chicago crime and politics. Twenty-five years before Al Capone’s birth, Michael McDonald was building the foundations of the modern Chicago Democratic machine. By marshaling control of and suborning a complex web of precinct workers, ward and county bosses, justices of the peace, police captains, contractors, suppliers, and spoils-men, the undisputed master of the gambling syndicates could elect mayoral candidates, finagle key appointments for political operatives willing to carry out his mandates, and coerce law enforcement and the judiciary. The resulting machine was dedicated to the supremacy of the city’s gambling, vice, and liquor rackets during the waning years of the Gilded Age. McDonald was warmly welcomed into the White House by two sitting presidents who recognized him for what he was: the reigning “boss” of Chicago. In a colorful and often riotous life, McDonald seemed to control everything around him—everything that is, except events in his personal life. His first wife, the fiery Mary Noonan McDonald, ran off with a Catholic priest. The second, Dora Feldman, twenty-five years his junior, murdered her teenaged lover in a sensational 1907 scandal that broke Mike’s heart and drove him to an early grave. Michael McDonald’s name has long been cited in the published work of city historians, members of academia, and the press as the principal architect of a unified criminal enterprise that reached into the corridors of power in Chicago, Cook County, the state of Illinois, and all the way to the Oval Office. The Gambler King of Clark Street is both a major addition to Chicago’s historical literature and a revealing biography of a powerful and troubled man.