chicago (ill.)

Seventeen-year-old Masi Burciaga's barrio becomes more like a ghost town every day, but when she and other youths are recruited to erect a giant pyramid in hopes of attracting tourists, she wonders about the entrepreneur behind the scheme--and his attractive son.

"Herman W. Mudgett, better known by his alias, H.H. Holmes, is considered America's first-- and most notorious-- serial killer. During the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, the basement of his house in Englewood, Illinois contained a torture chamber with crematory. Mudgett confessed to killing twenty-seven people, but legends say the number may be in the hundreds ... reveals not only the true story but how the legend evolved, taking advantage of hundreds of primary sources that have never been examined before."--OCLC.

Discusses the surge of murders by women in Chicago in 1924, highlighting the killers who inspired the play "Chicago" and its subsequent movie and musical adaptations, and introduces girl reporter Maurine Watkins who became embroiled in the cases and dedicated herself to exposing the tendency of the all-male juries to go easy on women--especially the pretty ones.

"Cinders is a dappled gray Percheron horse during the 1871 Great Chicago Fire"--Provided by publisher.

Larry, a dog, and Pete, his young owner, see many Chicago attractions as they search for each other after getting separated on the L station platform.

Through a collection of archival photographs and informational captions, explores organized crime during Chicago's gangster era.

Through archival photographs and informational text, highlights gangsters in Chicago during the 1920s and the politicians who allowed organized crime to thrive in the city.

A biography of Robert Beck, an infamous pimp from the 1940s and '50s who reinvented himself as the bestselling writer Iceberg Slim. Explores the sexual trauma and racial violence that Beck endured as well as his involvement in radical politics.

When wealthy Chicago philanthropist Elliot Rosenzweig is accused of being a former Nazi SS officer named Otto Piatek, he hires attorney Catherine Lockhart to take his case, and to her he reveals his Polish families history involving an abandoned child named Otto Piatek.

Examines the history and societal impact of "The Defender," the first African American newspaper, begun in 1905 by Robert S. Abbott, who in turn became one of the first black millionaires in the United States. Tracks the paper's impact on the elections of presidents like Truman and Kennedy and how "The Defender" continues to influence politics and society today.