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Jozef, working to secretly infiltrate the gangs that have been victimizing the Polish-American community in Chicago in 1871, forms an unlikely friendship with Bridget, and finds himself scrambling to identify a killer when she is falsely arrested for murder.

An account of the unfair trial of the eight men accused of conspiring to murder a policeman in the Haymarket Square riot in Chicago on May 4, 1886.

In 1969, African-American private investigator Smokey Dalton and his adopted son, Jimmy, who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., try to keep a low profile in Chicago as the city is thrown into chaos by the trial of the Chicago Eight, but they soon realize someone has tracked them down and is out to kill Jimmy.

Describes the cause, course, and aftermath of the fire which destroyed one third of Chicago in 1871.

The author tells about his early life in Puerto Rico, shares the story of how he became involved with the Latin Kings in Chicago, and discusses how the gang changed over the years from heroes representing the struggle for Latino equality to cold-blooded murderers.

The life of one of America's most infamous and powerful gangsters serves as a model for understanding gangster culture. Humorously illustrated.

Reprint of a 1902 novel which tells the story of Curtis Jadwin, a man whose increasing attention to earning money in the wheat market of Chicago almost destroys his marriage.