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Author Lindberg, Richard C., 1953-

Title The gambler king of Clark Street : Michael C. McDonald and the rise of Chicago's Democratic machine / Richard C. Lindberg.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Elmer H. Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson series in criminology
Elmer H. Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson series in criminology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index.
Contents Cover; The Elmer H. Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson Series in Criminology; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Dark City on the Edge of Civilization; 1. A Train Butcher Raising the Wind; 2. Brace Games and Bunko Men; 3. A Department Store of Gambling; 4. Tammany by the Lake; 5. The People's Party and the Overturn of Puritan Rule; 6. Bummers, Gutter-Rats, Whiskey Soakers, and Saloon Loafers; 7. The City Hall Swindle; 8. Our Carter; 9. Oyster on the Half Shell; Gallery; 10. Boodle for the Gang; 11. Is He Not a Typical Democrat?
12. A Flighty and Excitable Woman13. Bribing the Gray Wolves foran "Upstairs" Railway; 14. The Garfield Park Racetrack War; 15. Electing Altgeld; 16. That Little Feldman Girl; 17. Pearls before Swine: Poetry, Murder, and the McDonalds; 18. Betrayal and Death; Postscript; Epilogue: A Legacy of Corruption; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover.
Summary The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago's Democratic Machine tells the story of a larger-than-life figure who fused Chicago's criminal underworld with the city's political and commercial spheres to create an urban machine built on graft, bribery, and intimidation. In this first ever biography of McDonald, author Richard C. Lindberg vividly paints the life of the Democratic kingmaker against the wider backdrop of nineteenth-century Chicago crime and politics. Twenty-five years before Al Capone's birth, Michael McDonald was b.
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Subject McDonald, Michael C. (Michael Cassius), 1839-1907.
McDonald, Michael C. (Michael Cassius), 1839-1907.
Democratic Party (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 19th century.
Democratic Party (Chicago, Ill.)
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject McDonald, Michael Cassius, 1839-1907.
Democratic Party (Chicago, Ill.)
McDonald, Michael C. (Michael Cassius), 1839-1907.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.
Politicians -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Politicians.
Illinois -- Chicago.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Businessmen.
Gamblers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Gamblers.
Irish American criminals -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Irish American criminals.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Political culture -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
Political culture.
Political corruption -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
Political corruption.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Lindberg, Richard, 1953- Gambler king of Clark Street. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2009 9780809328932 (DLC) 2008037830 (OCoLC)248536502
ISBN 9781441623331 (electronic book)
1441623337 (electronic book)
9780809386543 (e-book)
0809386542
9780809386543
9780809328932 (alkaline paper)
0809328933 (alkaline paper)