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Title: Pretty dry, heavy on listing
Review: Like many history books, Gangs of Chicago tends to list out factual data while ignoring a compelling narative. There are many colorful names and notorious characters in Chicago's past, but they are presented here in outline form. This book was originally published in 1940, so it predates a lot of criminal activity suggested by its title. After all of these years, it would also have been nice to have more photos and exhiits to flash out some dry reading.
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