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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 1940190266
- EAN
- 9781940190266
- Manufacturer
- Soberscove Press
- Brand
- Soberscove Press
- Binding
- TP
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Soberscove Press
ISBN-10
1940190266
ISBN-13
9781940190266
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038758486
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bullets for Dead Hoods : an Encyclopedia of Chicago Mobsters, C. 1933
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
Organized Crime, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / General, Criminology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
37.7 Oz
Item Length
11.6 in
Item Width
8.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-016716
Reviews
Bullets for Dead Hoods is gorgeous a coffee-table book that you ll also compulsively read. The result is a combination of history, puzzle, narrative and work of art, and every time I ve picked it up since its arrival, I find a grin on my face [&] As a primary text of mob history, it must be invaluable to historians and scholars, but Soberscove has made it accessible, and literally fun for everyone., Books are written, illustrated, bought, sold, and loaned, but this one was salvaged, and assembled several decades after it was written. It s a special kind of encyclopedia, which usually offers answers; this one contains a mystery., "Bullets for Dead Hoods" is gorgeous -- a coffee-table book that you'll also compulsively read. The result is a combination of history, puzzle, narrative and work of art, and every time I've picked it up since its arrival, I find a grin on my face [...] As a primary text of mob history, it must be invaluable to historians and scholars, but Soberscove has made it accessible, and literally fun for everyone., Books are written, illustrated, bought, sold, and loaned, but this one was salvaged, and assembled several decades after it was written. It's a special kind of encyclopedia, which usually offers answers; this one contains a mystery.
Synopsis
In the early 2000s, 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. Presented here in facsimile in order to capture the manuscript's 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. 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 over 300 street addresses., 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.
LC Classification Number
HV6452.I3B85 2020
Text by
Corbett, John
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