Title: My grandfather's prison
Subtitle: a story of death and deceit in 1940s Kansas City
First published: 2009
Description: "Author discovers the fate of the grandfather he never knew, who had abruptly abandoned his family during the Great Depression, become a prisoner to alcohol and skid row, and, entangled in the corrupt Pendergast era of Kansas City, Missouri, had finally been murdered at the old Kansas City Municipal Farm"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biography, Politics and government, Murder, Political corruption, Murder investigation, Murder victims, Alcoholics, History, Investigation, Murder, missouri, Criminal investigation, united states, Alcoholics, biography, Missouri, politics and government, Missouri, biography
Places: Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City (Mo.)
People: James P. Lyons (1908-1948)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: HV6534.K2 S44 2009