Author: SHMELTER, RICHARD J
Title: Chicago Assassin the Life and Legend of Machine Gun"" Jack Mcgurn and the Chicago Beer Wars of the Roaring Twenties""
Description: Nashville, TN: Cumberland House Publishing, 2008. First Edition (?). First Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 1581826184. B&W Photographs; 9.10 X 6.20 X 1.30 inches; 283 pages; Hard cover is yellow faux leather with a black spine, gold lettering on spine. Very slight bumping to spine. DJ has slight rubbing/scuffing, shelf wear. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with 20 b/w photographs. "The City of Chicago led the nation when it came to gangland violence during the Prohibition era. Throughout the Roaring 20s and beyond, the Second City was home to many infamous characters whose names will forever be a part of America's criminal history. 'Machine Gun' Jack McGurn was one of the most colorful and lethal of those characters..." Notes; bibliography; index.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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