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To Serve and Collect

Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal, 1855-1960

By: Richard C Lindberg

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To Serve and Collect

Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal, 1855-1960

By: Richard C Lindberg

Crooked politicians, gangsters, madams, and cops on the take: To Serve and Collect tells the story of Chicago during its formative years through the history of its legendary police department.

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SIU Press

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0809380412

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Gangland Chicago

Criminality and Lawlessness in the Windy City

By: Richard C. Lindberg

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Gangland Chicago

Criminality and Lawlessness in the Windy City

By: Richard C. Lindberg

This engrossing tale of gangs and organized criminality begins in the frontier saloons situated in the marshy flats of Chicago, the future world class city of Mid-continent. Gangland Chicago recounts the era of parlor gambling, commercialized vice districts continuing through the bloody Prohibition bootlegging wars; failed reform movements; the rise of post-World War II juvenile criminal gangs and the saga of the Blackstone Rangers in a chaotic, racially divided city. , Gang violence and street crime is endemic in contemporary Chicago. There is much more to the saga of crime, politics, and armed violence than Al Capone and John Dillinger. Gangland Chicago explores the changing patterns of criminal behavior, politics, gangs, youth crime and the failures of reform in its historic totality. Richard Lindberg takes the reader on a journey through decades of a troubled past to delve deep into the evolution of street gangs and organized violence endemic in Chicago. Small ethnic gangs organized in ethnic slum districts of the city expanded into the well-known organized crime syndicates of Chicago’s history. Gangland Chicago is full of stories of unchecked violence, lawlessness, and mayhem. Unlike other standard true crime accounts focused exclusively on the Prohibition era, this historical look-back probes the obscure and forgotten dark corners of city crime history. Lindberg details how both “organized” and “dis-organized” street gangs have paralyzed city neighborhoods and transformed the crimes of the Windy City from street thuggery and common ruffians protected and nurtured by politicians into a protected class is gripping. Gangland Chicago is a revealing look at the Chicago underworld of yesterday and today. This comprehensive volume is sure to entertain and inform any reader interested in the evolution of organized crime and gangs in America’s most representative city of the American Heartland.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442231963

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9781442231962

Shattered Sense of Innocence

The 1955 Murders of Three Chicago Children

By: Richard C Lindberg,Gloria Jean Sykes

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Shattered Sense of Innocence

The 1955 Murders of Three Chicago Children

By: Richard C Lindberg,Gloria Jean Sykes

This book tells the gripping story of the three murdered Chicago boys and the quest to find and bring to justice their killer. The authors recount the bungled police investigation and a questionable conviction, and present new information concerning two suspects overlooked by police for five decades.

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SIU Press

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0809335131

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The Gambler King of Clark Street

Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago's Democratic Machine

By: Richard Lindberg

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The Gambler King of Clark Street

Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago's Democratic Machine

By: Richard Lindberg

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.

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SIU Press

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0809328933

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Tales of Forgotten Chicago

By: Richard C Lindberg

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Tales of Forgotten Chicago

By: Richard C Lindberg

Hidden gems from Chicago’s past Tales of Forgotten Chicago contains twenty-one fascinating, little-known stories about a great city and its people. Richard C. Lindberg has dug deeply to reveal lost historical events and hidden gems from Chicago’s past. Spanning the Civil War through the 1960s, the volume showcases forgotten crimes, punishments, and consequences: poisoned soup that nearly killed three hundred leading citizens, politicians, and business and religious leaders; a woman in showbiz and her street-thug husband whose checkered lives inspired a 1955 James Cagney movie; and the first police woman in Chicago, hired as a result of the senseless killing of a young factory girl in a racially tinged case of the 1880s. Also included are tales of industry and invention, such as America’s first automobile race, the haunting of a wealthy Gilded Age manufacturer’s mansion, and the identity of the telephone’s rightful inventor. Chapters on the history of early city landmarks spotlight the fight to save Lakefront Park and how “Lucky” Charlie Weeghman’s north side baseball park became Wrigley Field. Other chapters explore civic, cultural, and political happenings: the great Railroad Fairs of 1948 and 1949; Richard J. Daley’s revival of the St. Patrick’s Day parade; political disrupter Lar “America First” Daly; and the founding of the Special Olympics in Chicago by Anne Burke and others. Finally, some are just wonderful tales, such asa touching story about the sinking of Chicago's beloved Christmas tree ship. Engrossing and imaginative, this collection opens new windows into the past of the Windy City.

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SIU Press

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0809337827

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9780809337828

Whiskey Breakfast

My Swedish Family, My American Life

By: Richard C. Lindberg

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Whiskey Breakfast

My Swedish Family, My American Life

By: Richard C. Lindberg

A poignant, multigenerational tale of the Swedish-American experience for two disparate Chicago families

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452932654

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Tales of Forgotten Chicago

By: Richard C Lindberg

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Tales of Forgotten Chicago

By: Richard C Lindberg

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Southern Illinois University Press

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0809337819

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Computer Algebra Recipes for Classical Mechanics

By: Richard H. Enns,George C. McGuire

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Computer Algebra Recipes for Classical Mechanics

By: Richard H. Enns,George C. McGuire

This is a standalone, but the recipes are correlated with topics found in standard texts, and make use of MAPLE (Release 7). As a reference text, or self-study guide this book is useful for science professionals and engineers.; Good for the classroom correlates with topics found in standard classical mechanics texts.; This book makes use of the powerful computer algebra system MAPLE (Release 7) but no prior knowledge of MAPLE is presumed.; The relevant command structures are explained on a need-to-know basis as the recipes are developed, thus making this a standalone text.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0817642919

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9780817642914

Dante's Enigmas

Medieval Scholasticism and Beyond

By: Richard Kay

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Dante's Enigmas

Medieval Scholasticism and Beyond

By: Richard Kay

Dante's Comedy is a puzzling poem because the author wanted to lead his readers to understanding by engaging their curiosity. While many obscure matters are clarified in the course of the poem itself, others have remained enigmas that have fascinated Dantists for centuries. Over the last thirty-five years, Richard Kay has proposed original solutions to many of these puzzles; these are collected in the present volume. Historical context frames Kay's readings, which relate the poem to such standard sources as the Bible, Aristotle, Aquinas, and the Latin classics, but he also goes beyond these Scholastic sources to exploit Dante's use of less familiar aspects of Latin clerical culture, including physiognomy, Vitruvian proportions, and optics, and most especially astrology. Kay explores new ways to read the Comedy. For instance, he argues that Dante has embedded references to his authorities in a continuous series of acrostics formed by the initial letters of each tercet. Again, he shows how Dante returns to the theme of each infernal canto and develops it in the parallel cantos of Purgatorio and Paradiso. Particularly worthy of note are four essays on the poem's finale in the Empyrean.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040233562

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9781040233566

State of Affairs

The Science-Theology Controversy

By: Richard J Coleman

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State of Affairs

The Science-Theology Controversy

By: Richard J Coleman

The last sixty years have witnessed a virtual explosion of interest in how modern science and traditional Christianity intersect. This new rapprochement with science has irrevocably altered how Christians think of God, providing a foundation from which we cannot retreat, but from which we also cannot move forward until we examine the presumptions on which it is based. For the first time, Richard J. Coleman interprets in a clear and meaningful way the themes and practitioners that make this rapprochement different, and what it has achieved. But this book is more than description - it is an inquiry into whether Christian theology has lost its authentic voice by its singular focus on accommodating modern science.

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Lutterworth Press

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0718843746

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9780718843748

For the Glory of God

The Role of Christianity in the Rise and Development of Modern Science, The History of Christian Ideas and Control Beliefs in Science

By: Richard H. Jones

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For the Glory of God

The Role of Christianity in the Rise and Development of Modern Science, The History of Christian Ideas and Control Beliefs in Science

By: Richard H. Jones

For the Glory of God addresses key questions regarding the connection between religion and science. Richard H. Jones investigates whether ideas from the Bible and Christian theology have played a significant role in the development of modern scientific theories. If so, has the role always been positive or negative? In this regard, does religion have the epistemic right to control science or to offer an alternative “Christian” science to mainstream science? Is creationism or intelligent design a “science” on the same footing with neo-Darwinism? Is the integrity of science today in danger of religious control? In this volume, Jones provides an illuminating history of the role of Christian ideas in the physical and biological sciences from the Middle Ages to today. He reveals the failure of the popular “war” and “harmony” models for the relation of religion and science and shows that a “control” model does work to explain the complex history of religion and science.

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University Press of America

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0761858598

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9780761858591

Color Atlas of Pediatrics

By: Richard P. Usatine,Camille Sabella

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Color Atlas of Pediatrics

By: Richard P. Usatine,Camille Sabella

ACCURATELY DIAGNOSE PEDIATRIC CONDITIONS BY VISIBLE SIGNS AND INTERNAL IMAGING WITH THIS FULL-COLOR ATLAS The Color Atlas of Pediatrics features more than 1,800 full-color photographs to help you visually diagnose a wide variety of common and uncommon conditions and disorders spanning the entire pediatric spectrum. This superb collection of clinical images is supported by concise, evidence-based treatment recommendations presented in easy-to-apply bulleted text. Each chapter begins with a patient story that ties the photographs to real-life patients. Coverage for conditions includes: Epidemiology Etiology and Pathophysiology Risk Factors Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis Management Prevention Patient Education Strength of recommendation ratings are cited throughout, skillfully blending the art and science of medicine for optimal patient care.

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1403

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071799443

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9780071799447

Chicago Access

By: Richard Saul Wurman

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Chicago Access

By: Richard Saul Wurman

Informative and easy to use, ACCESS Chicago guides readers through the Windy City's rich cultural and historic sites and many entertaining attractions, including the spectacular sports arenas, the popular blues and jazz clubs, the best hotels and restaurants, and the many shops and parks.

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HarperCollins Publishers

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0062771442

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9780062771445

Chicago by Gaslight

A History of Chicago's Netherworld, 1880–1920

By: Richard Lindberg

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Chicago by Gaslight

A History of Chicago's Netherworld, 1880–1920

By: Richard Lindberg

This book revises the picture of the glittering Chicago of impressive mansions and museums; it exposes the city's corrupt underbelly and the realities of life in an age which is often assumed to have been simpler and more moral than ours. Includes chapters on the Haymarket riot, the gamblers' wars, the notorious levee red-light district and institutionalized graft.

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Chicago Review Press

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1613737874

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Whiskey Breakfast

My Swedish Family, My American Life

By: Richard C. Lindberg

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My Swedish Family, My American Life

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A poignant, multigenerational tale of the Swedish-American experience for two disparate Chicago families

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452932654

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Heartland Serial Killers

Belle Gunness, Johann Hoch, and Murder for Profit in Gaslight Era Chicago

By: Richard Lindberg

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Heartland Serial Killers

Belle Gunness, Johann Hoch, and Murder for Profit in Gaslight Era Chicago

By: Richard Lindberg

Lindberg, an accomplished local historian and true crime writer, presents a fascinating story of two contemporaneous serial killers, both weaving marriage and murder in and around Chicago during the 1890s and 1900s. Johann Hoch was a debonair bigamist and wife killer who boasted of having perfected a "scientific technique" to romance and seduction. Belle Gunness was a nesting "Black Widow" whose sprawling farm in Northwest Indiana was a fatal lure for lonely bachelors seeking the comforts of middle-age security by answering matrimonial advertisements placed by Gunness. Notorious in his own day, Hoch had faded into the dark background of Chicago crime history. But, in Heartland Serial Killers, Lindberg brings back vividly the horrors of one of Chicago's first celebrity criminals and uncovers new evidence of a close connection between Hoch and H.H. Holmes, the "Devil in the White City." Unlike Hoch, Belle Gunness, likely the most prolific and infamous female serial killer of the twentiethe century, has remained fascinating to the public. Here, Lindberg presents the most comprehensive and compelling study of the Gunness case to date, including new information regarding ongoing DNA testing of remains found at the site of Gunness' farm in LaPorte, Indiana, which may serve to resolve once and for all the mystery surrounding Gunness' death. Told in alternating chapters and rapidly paced, this book is true crime at its best—gripping, pulpy, and full of sharp historical tidbits. True crime fans, history buffs, and those interested in local lore will delight in this chilling tale of two ruthless killers.

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Cornell University Press

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150175713X

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The Gambler King of Clark Street

Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago's Democratic Machine

By: Richard Lindberg

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The Gambler King of Clark Street

Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago's Democratic Machine

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0809328933

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Gangland Chicago

Criminality and Lawlessness in the Windy City

By: Richard C. Lindberg

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Gangland Chicago

Criminality and Lawlessness in the Windy City

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To Serve and Collect

Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal, 1855-1960

By: Richard C Lindberg

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To Serve and Collect

Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal, 1855-1960

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Crooked politicians, gangsters, madams, and cops on the take: To Serve and Collect tells the story of Chicago during its formative years through the history of its legendary police department.

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0809322234

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