Gary Krist: City of Scoundrels
City of Scoundrels
Buch
- The Twelve Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
- Random House Publishing Group, 04/2013
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780307454300
- Bestellnummer: 3094789
- Umfang: 400 Seiten
- Gewicht: 331 g
- Maße: 205 x 139 mm
- Stärke: 27 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 16.4.2013
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in 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 of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, unglamorous place into "the Metropolis of the World." But just as the dream seemed within reach, pandemonium broke loose and the city's highest ambitions were suddenly under attack by the same unbridled energies that had given birth to them.
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 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.
Meticulously researched and expertly paced, City of Scoundrels captures the tumultuous birth of the modern American city, with all of its light and dark aspects in vivid relief.
Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader's guide and bonus content
Biografie
Gary Krist hat sich in den USA einen Namen als Autor literarischer Erzählungen und Romane gemacht, für die er z. Tl. mit Preisen bedacht wurde. 'Aus der Traum' ist sein erster Spannungsroman und zugleich auch sein erstes Buch in deutscher Sprache. Gary Krist
City of Scoundrels
EUR 18,95*