by Gary Krist, Rob Shapiro
The "twelve days of disaster" covered in Gary Krist's City of Scoundrels begin with a seemingly innocuous blimp test-flight above "the Loop" on July 21, 1919. Curious crowds gathered to behold the dirigible airship, the Wingfoot Express, (pictured below prior to its crash, obviously), and plenty of ...
The "twelve days of disaster" covered in Gary Krist's City of Scoundrels begin with a seemingly innocuous blimp test-flight above "the Loop" on July 21, 1919. Curious crowds gathered to behold the dirigible airship, the Wingfoot Express, (pictured below prior to its crash, obviously), and plenty of ...
From July 21st through August 1st, 1919 Chicago was a city of turmoil. This non-fiction account of that time reads like a good historical fiction novel, but as the author states in the forward all the events are factual and no dialogue is invented. Mr. Krist draws from public record, newspaper acc...
This was a fascinating look at Chicago in 1919. While the title states that this is about "12 days of Disaster" it seemed more like the whole year of 1919. There were many events in 1919 that changed Chicago forever; while most of these events do take place in the 12 days mentioned, I don't think th...
I won this book on a goodreads giveaway, and I have received no compensation for the following review.The first few pages brought me in, but then the book wasn't what I hoped it would be. I knew it was about a series of events over a tumultuous year in Chicago history but I didn't know it wasn't go...
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