Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xiii, 261 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "William Elliot 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businessmen, dubbed the Secret Six, who beat Al Capone at his own game, ending the gangster era as Prohibition was repealed. He also details the story of an intriguing woman, Sally Rand, who embodied the ideals of the World's Fair with her own rags-to-riches story and brought sex into the open, as well as the story of Rufus and Charles Dawes, who gave the fair a theme and found financing during the worst economic times the country had ever experienced." -- Book jacket.

Alternative title

1. End of the gangster era in Chicago

Subject

1. Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century.
2. Chicago (Ill.) -- Civilization -- 20th century.
3. Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
4. Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
5. Capone, Al, 1899-1947.

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. Chicago, May 27, 1933 -- Valentine's Day, 1929 -- Chicago's second World's Fair -- WAMPAS baby star -- Public enemy number one -- the white city -- Bootlegging -- The big man -- The big fellah comes home -- The perfect storm -- Financing a fair -- The untouchables -- Birth of the nymphs -- Death in the underground -- Breaking ground -- The secret six -- The modernists -- Lady Godiva -- Horatio Alger returns -- The design -- The secret six get to work -- Beginning to build the rainbow city -- Gold diggers -- Meeting Al Capone -- Water, electric, and the sky ride -- One hundred thousand -- The depression fair -- Nymphs -- Springtime in Chicago -- The sky ride -- The trial of Al Capone -- Color and light -- The plea bargain -- The temple of womanhood -- The bad plea bargain -- Frank Lloyd Wright's fair -- Hayseeds -- The gaseous tube -- The trial of Al Capone -- The disposable fair -- Verdict -- Racing the clock -- Capone on ice -- Lady Godiva again -- Death of the untouchables -- A day at the fair -- Sex at the fair -- A century of progress -- Rags to riches -- End of the fair.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Language

1. English

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain