Gem of the prairie
Subtitle: an informal history of the Chicago underworld
By: by Herbert Asbury.
Publisher: A. A. Knopf
Published: 1940
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
Subjects: Crime -- Illinois -- Chicago; Chicago (Ill.) -- Moral conditions; Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions; Chicago (Ill.) -- History
Description: This classic history of crime tells how Chicago's underworld earned and kept its reputation.
Notes: "First edition."

Bibliography: p. [375]-377.