Dirty Waters: Confessions of Chicago's Last Harbor Boss

A wry, no-holds-barred memoir of Nelson's time controlling some of Chicago's most beautiful spots while facing some...
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Author: R. J. Nelson
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Language: English
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Dirty Waters: Confessions of Chicago's Last Harbor Boss by Nelson, R. J.

Dirty Waters: Confessions of Chicago's Last Harbor Boss

$67.95

Dirty Waters: Confessions of Chicago's Last Harbor Boss

$67.95
Author: R. J. Nelson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A wry, no-holds-barred memoir of Nelson's time controlling some of Chicago's most beautiful spots while facing some of its ugliest traditions.

In 1987, the city of Chicago hired a former radical college chaplain to clean up rampant corruption on the waterfront. R. J. Nelson thought he was used to the darker side of the law--he had been followed by federal agents and wiretapped due to his antiwar stances in the sixties--but nothing could prepare him for the wretched bog that constituted the world of a Harbor Boss. Dirty Waters is the wry, no-holds-barred memoir of Nelson's time controlling some of the city's most beautiful spots while facing some of its ugliest traditions. Nelson takes us through Chicago's beloved "blue spaces" and deep into the city's political morass, revealing the different moralities underlining three mayoral administrations and navigating the gritty mechanisms of the city's political machine. Ultimately, Dirty Waters is a tale of morality, of what it takes to be a force for good in the world and what struggles come from trying to stay ethically afloat in a sea of corruption.


Author: R. J. Nelson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 02/19/2023
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780226826929

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