num_pages: 280
description: This book revises the picture of the glittering Chicago of impressive mansions and museums; it exposes the city's corrupt underbelly and the realities of life in an age which is often assumed to have been simpler and more moral than ours. Includes chapters on the Haymarket riot, the gamblers' wars, the notorious levee red-light district and institutionalized graft.
language: English
title: Chicago by Gaslight: A History of Chicago's Netherworld: 1880-1920
titlecomplete: Chicago by Gaslight: A History of Chicago's Netherworld: 1880-1920
genres: History
ratings_count: 32
publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers