American Mafia: Chicago: True Stories Of Families Who Made Windy City History

Everyone knows stories about the American Mafia and its varied forms of crime, from racketeering to stock manipulation to murder. <i>American Mafia: Chicago</i> explores the Windy City, strolling through its neighborhoods and imagining scenes from the past - telling the stories of the men, women, and families and revealing the events behind the legends and the history of the families' beginnings and founding members. <br>Featuring the most fascinating stories from the early days, when loosely-organized, incredibly secretive gangs terrorized neighborhoods with names like Little Hell, through the mob's headiest years, when Al Capone and his men pretty well controlled the city, <i>American Mafia: Chicago </i>offers tantalizing glimpses into the era when Chicago was ruled by gangs with their ever-twisting allegiances and tangled webs of relationships. <br>Most of the buildings are gone now.<br><p>But the stories are still there, if you know where to look.</p>