Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair

William Elliott Hazelgrove

doi:10.5771/9781442272279

Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair

The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago

Published 2017

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doi.org/10.5771/9781442272279
ISBN print: 978-1-4422-7226-2
ISBN online: 978-1-4422-7227-9
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Abstract

Al Capone and the 1933 World’s Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago is a historical look at Chicago during the darkest days of the Great Depression. The story of Chicago fighting the hold that organized crime had on the city to be able to put on The 1933 World's Fair.

William Hazelgrove provides the exciting and sprawling history behind the 1933 World's Fair, the last of the golden age. He reveals the story of the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who beat Al Capone at his own game, ending the gangster era as prohibition was repealed. The story of an intriguing woman, Sally Rand, who embodied the World's Fair with her own rags to riches story and brought sex into the open. The story of Rufus and Charles Dawes who gave the fair a theme and then found financing in the worst economic times the country had ever experienced. The story of the most corrupt mayor of Chicago, William Thompson, who owed his election to Al Capone; and the mayor who followed him, Anton Cermak, who was murdered months before the fair opened by an assassin many said was hired by Al Capone.

But most of all it’s the story about a city fighting for survival in the darkest of times; and a shining light of hope called A Century of Progress.

Schlagworte

The Secret Six Sally Rand World's Fair 1933 Gangs of Chicago Great Depression Al Capone Chicago Chicago History

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i–xiv Preface i–xiv
- Contents
- Forty Years Later
- Acknowledgments
1–1 Chapter One. Chicago, May 27, 1933 1–1
2–11 Chapter Two. Valentine’s Day, 1929 2–11
12–17 Chapter Three. Chicago’s Second World’s Fair 12–17
18–24 Chapter Four. WAMPAS Baby Star 18–24
25–27 Chapter Five. Public Enemy Number One 25–27
28–31 Chapter Six. The White City 28–31
32–36 Chapter Seven. Bootlegging 32–36
37–43 Chapter Eight. The Big Man 37–43
44–49 Chapter Nine. The Big Fellah Comes Home 44–49
50–54 Chapter Ten. The Perfect Storm 50–54
55–62 Chapter Eleven. Financing a Fair 55–62
63–66 Chapter Twelve. The Untouchables 63–66
67–72 Chapter Thirteen. Birth of the Nymph 67–72
73–77 Chapter Fourteen. Death in the Underground 73–77
78–83 Chapter Fifteen. Breaking Ground 78–83
84–88 Chapter Sixteen. The Secret Six 84–88
89–94 Chapter Seventeen. The Modernists 89–94
95–99 Chapter Eighteen. Lady Godiva 95–99
100–104 Chapter Nineteen. Horatio Alger Returns 100–104
105–109 Chapter Twenty. The Design 105–109
110–113 Chapter Twenty-One. The Secret Six Get to Work 110–113
114–D Chapter Twenty-Two. Beginning to Build the Rainbow City 114–D
119–122 Chapter Twenty-Three. Gold Diggers 119–122
123–127 Chapter Twenty-Four. Meeting Al Capone 123–127
128–130 Chapter Twenty-Five. Water, Electric, and the Sky Ride 128–130
131–134 Chapter Twenty-Six. One Hundred Thousand 131–134
135–139 Chapter Twenty-Seven. The Depression Fair 135–139
140–142 Chapter Twenty-Eight. Nymphs 140–142
143–145 Chapter Twenty-Nine. Springtime in Chicago 143–145
146–149 Chapter Thirty. The Sky Ride 146–149
150–152 Chapter Thirty-One. The Trial of Al Capone 150–152
153–157 Chapter Thirty-Two. Color and Light 153–157
158–161 Chapter Thirty-Three. The Plea Bargain 158–161
162–166 Chapter Thirty-Four. The Temple of Womanhood 162–166
167–170 Chapter Thirty-Five. The Bad Plea Bargain 167–170
171–175 Chapter Thirty-Six. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fair 171–175
176–178 Chapter Thirty-Seven. Hayseeds 176–178
179–182 Chapter Thirty-Eight. The Gaseous Tube 179–182
183–185 Chapter Thirty-Nine. The Trial of Al Capone 183–185
186–189 Chapter Forty. The Disposable Fair 186–189
190–193 Chapter Forty-One. Verdict 190–193
194–197 Chapter Forty-Two. Racing the Clock 194–197
198–201 Chapter Forty-Three. Capone on Ice 198–201
202–206 Chapter Forty-Four. Lady Godiva Again 202–206
207–208 Chapter Forty-Five. Death of the Untouchables 207–208
209–212 Chapter Forty-Six. A Day at the Fair 209–212
213–216 Chapter Forty-Seven. Sex at the Fair 213–216
217–220 Chapter Forty-Eight. A Century of Progress 217–220
221–224 Chapter Forty-Nine. Rags to Riches 221–224
225–228 Chapter Fifty. End of the Fair 225–228
229–232 Epilogue 229–232
233–244 Notes 233–244
245–248 Bibliography 245–248
249–260 Index 249–260
261–262 About the Author 261–262

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