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A review by labtracks
City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago by Gary Krist
3.0
Not surprised that I had a hard time getting into this one. I don't like books about politics and since the "scoundrels" are politicians (same almost 100 years later and I'm sure 100 years before....) the whole first part of this book was about elections, blowhards, campaigns etc.
Once it really got into the crash, riots, strike and missing girl it got more interesting.
This book was very well researched and documented. Sadly I could see the same series of events happening next week as well I could reading about it happening almost 100 years ago... same fights, same strike, same riots, same missing child, same corrupt politicians. That's a sad realization....
Once it really got into the crash, riots, strike and missing girl it got more interesting.
This book was very well researched and documented. Sadly I could see the same series of events happening next week as well I could reading about it happening almost 100 years ago... same fights, same strike, same riots, same missing child, same corrupt politicians. That's a sad realization....