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Gangsters & Grifters: Classic Crime Photos from the Chicago Tribune Kindle Edition

by Chicago Tribune Staff (Author), Rick Kogan (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition
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A collection of some never-before-published vintage photos that “exposes Chicago’s underbelly . . . an era full of guns, gore and gangsters” (WGLT.org).
 
Created from the Chicago Tribune's vast archives, Gangsters and Grifters is a collection of photographs featuring infamous criminals, small-time bandits, hoodlums, and more at shocking crime scenes. These vintage glass-plate and acetate negatives were taken from the early 1900s through the 1950s, and they have been largely unseen for generations. That is because most have never been published, only having been witnessed by the photographers and police in the moments after an arrest, crime, or even murder. Included are graphic crime scenes, raw evidence, and depictions of searing emotions, captured on film during a time when photographers were given unprecedented access alongside police. Some photographs resemble film noir movie stills. Some are cartoonish. All feature real people, real drama, and real crimes. Accompanying information about each is included wherever possible, often with archived news stories.
 
Gangsters & Grifters is a powerful, visually stunning look back into the dark story of Chicago’s nefarious crime underworld. These fascinating, surprising, and entrancing photos reveal still-unsolved murder mysteries and portraits of notorious gang overlords like John Dillinger and Al Capone. This is a must-have for photography buffs, history lovers, and anyone curious about the seedy underbelly of early twentieth-century Chicago.
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    Agate Midway
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    November 17, 2014
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About the Author

The Chicago Tribune, founded in 1847, is the flagship newspaper of the Tribune Company. Its staff comprises dedicated, award-winning journalists who have authored many best-selling books.

Born and raised and still living in Chicago, Rick Kogan has worked for the Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Tribune, where he is currently a senior writer and columnist. Named Chicago's Best Reporter in 1999 and inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame in 2003, he is the creator and host of WGN radio's "Sunday Papers with Rick Kogan" and the author of a dozen books.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00O0G3B0G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Agate Midway (November 17, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 17, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 33976 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 214 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 54 ratings

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DRZ
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book in great condition
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2024
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This book appears to be new even though it was listed as used. Thank you seller!
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Steve M. Roggow
5.0 out of 5 stars Great quality era photos
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2015
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Lots of great, high quality photos. Really captures the era. Highly recommended. My only complaint is that I wish they told more of what the photos were showing - the stories tend to be brief and I wish they were longer (there is room on the page) My hope is for a volume 2.

Buy it!
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Steve Wigand
5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC BOOK!
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2015
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FANTASTIC BOOK !!

If you lived in that era in Chicago... very gritty times... lots of memories of times past...
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Richardsson55
3.0 out of 5 stars An 'okay' photo record of The Second City's seamier side
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2015
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I'm giving the editors of this photo book three stars for their hard work digging through the
photo archives deep in the bowels of the Tribune Building. One of the editors of the book
appeared on 'Chicago Tonight' where some of the best photos from this collection were
shown, so I didn't hesitate to buy a copy on Amazon. Unfortunately, the remaining photos-
those that weren't shown on the program-are, well... just 'okay', at best. Not a bad book, really,
but I wish I'd looked through a copy at my local bookseller before I bought.
On a related note, I just received a copy of the 2015 Menard's calendar with my Sunday
Chicago Tribune. It features some wonderful photos of downtown Chicago from the 1930's
and it was 'FREE'! Oh well...guess I'm more a fan of buildings than bandits.
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Groupie of Mad Men
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2017
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As good as it gets if you are a Mafia junkie like we are!!!!
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Thomas C. Vincent
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2015
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Really good book, just wish it would have been larger or had smaller pictures
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John J. Wedrall
5.0 out of 5 stars very interesting book. i am born and raised in ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2015
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very interesting book.
i am born and raised in Chicago, not Chicagoland.
my kinda town, Chicago is ! !
john
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Pamela Kennedy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Gangster a Photo Book
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2015
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Unbelievable photos from the Tribunes archives. Great coffee table book. Fascinating look at a bygone era.
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Murray
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but lacking!
Reviewed in Canada on April 18, 2015
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No black people in Chicago? My uncle worked for the major black paper during most of the period covered by this book and he has ensured me there was.
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john wild
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2015
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Very interesting book great photos
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R. Baston
3.0 out of 5 stars Reasonably interesting.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 24, 2015
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I got this book, having seen an earlier book of images about images from the Chicago Tribune. I'm not sure this book has as many interesting, challenging images as I had hoped. It's reasonably interesting but a little lacking in variety.
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