{"id":16283,"date":"2012-06-18T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=16283"},"modified":"2012-06-06T09:55:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T14:55:17","slug":"city-of-scoundrels-by-gary-krist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/city-of-scoundrels-by-gary-krist\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Scoundrels by Gary Krist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/searchresults.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=city%20of%20scoundrels&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0#__pos2\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16284\" title=\"city of scoundrels\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/city-of-scoundrels.jpg?resize=197%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/city-of-scoundrels.jpg?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/city-of-scoundrels.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/searchresults.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=city%20of%20scoundrels&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0#__pos2\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>City of Scoundrels<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is the masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse.<\/p>\n<p>When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, unglamorous place into &#8220;the Metropolis of the World.&#8221; But just as the dream seemed within reach, pandemonium broke loose and the city&#8217;s highest ambitions were suddenly under attack by the same unbridled energies that had given birth to them in the first place. It began on a balmy Monday afternoon when a blimp in flames crashed through the roof of a busy downtown bank, incinerating those inside. Within days, a racial incident at a hot, crowded South Side beach spiraled into one of the worst urban riots in American history, followed by a transit strike that paralyzed the city. Then, when it seemed as if things could get no worse, police searching for a six-year-old girl discovered her body in a dark North Side basement.<\/p>\n<p>Meticulously researched and expertly paced, <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/searchresults.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=city%20of%20scoundrels&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0#__pos2\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>City of Scoundrels<\/strong><\/em><\/a> captures the tumultuous birth of the modern American city, with all of its light and dark aspects in vivid relief. <em>(description from publisher)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Scoundrels is the masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse. 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