by Herbert Asbury · Arrow · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099464761
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«The Gangs of Chicago» is Herbert Asbury's crime history essay, published by Arrow in paperback (384 pages, in English).
The book recounts how Chicago's underworld evolved from the early settlements to the Prohibition era and cemented its reputation for violence and corruption. Figures include Mickey Finn, the killer H. H. Holmes, and bosses Big Jim Colosimo, Johnny Torrio, and Al Capone, along with the crime neighborhoods and the famous red-light district.
The work was originally published in 1940 as Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld.
It is aimed at fans of Chicago history, true crime, and the Prohibition era in the United States.
Herbert Asbury was an American journalist and writer best known for his books detailing crime during the 19th and early-20th centuries, such as Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld, The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld, Sucker's Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America and The Gangs of New York.
