The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
by
Gary Krist
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
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.
When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge...