Bullets for Dead Hoods: An Encyclopedia of Chicago Mobsters, C. 1933 by Corbett, John

Bullets for Dead Hoods: An Encyclopedia of Chicago Mobsters, C. 1933

This haunting dossier--anonymously assembled and found in a thrift store--gives an unprecedented and intimate lowdown on the...
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Author: John Corbett
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Bullets for Dead Hoods: An Encyclopedia of Chicago Mobsters, C. 1933 by Corbett, John

Bullets for Dead Hoods: An Encyclopedia of Chicago Mobsters, C. 1933

$86.08

Bullets for Dead Hoods: An Encyclopedia of Chicago Mobsters, C. 1933

$86.08
Author: John Corbett
Format: Paperback
Language: English

This haunting dossier--anonymously assembled and found in a thrift store--gives an unprecedented and intimate lowdown on the Chicago mafia

Writer, curator, and gallerist John Corbett struck thrift gold at a going-out-of-business Chicago junk shop when he stumbled onto a browned and brittle manuscript intimately documenting the Chicago mob of the early 1930s. The tone of its typewritten and hand-annotated pages immediately grabbed him--sensationalistic and funny, they read like an embellished police blotter, naming names, listing addresses, and recounting crimes. For all of the dossier's texture and personality, however, Corbett could find no clues as to the identity of its author.

Presented here in facsimile in order to capture its distinctive materiality, Bullets for Dead Hoods: An Encyclopedia of Chicago Mobsters, c. 1933 offers a detailed rundown on the Chicago Outfit through 140 noir character sketches, which range from the infamous--Al Capone, George "Bugs" Moran, the Everleigh Sisters--to their lesser-known aiders and abettors. Whoever dared to put this testament together was clearly someone with access to information--a cop? a reporter? a bitter mafioso?--but who would've risked sharing these particulars, and why, is a mystery that will likely never be solved. What we are left with is this idiosyncratic introduction to a storied chapter in Chicago history that knits the city together in a new way.

In addition to the full-color manuscript, Bullets for Dead Hoods includes related documentary material, an introduction by John Corbett, a compilation of more than 400 locations referenced in the manuscript, and a pull-out map of Chicago that pinpoints hundreds of street addresses.

Author: John Corbett
Publisher: Soberscove Press
Published: 10/20/2020
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781940190266

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