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2003., Greenwood Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a biography of Al Capone, tracing the life of the infamous prohibition-era criminal from his youth in New York to his death at the age of forty-eight from complications of syphilis, and including a look at corruption in American society, a time line, and a bibliography.
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2003, Greenwood Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Greenwood biographies,Summary Note: Presents a biography of Al Capone, tracing the life of the infamous prohibition-era criminal from his youth in New York to his death at the age of forty-eight from complications of syphilis, and including a look at corruption in American society, a time line, and a bibliography.
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-- Chicagoc2003., Pre-adolescent, Lucent Books ; Thomson/Gale Call No: 977.3 11 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Travel guide (Lucent Books)Summary Note: Describes what a visitor to Chicago in 1929 would find to see and do, including providing references to famous gangster activities and haunts.
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-- Chicagoc2003, Lucent Books ; Thomson/Gale Call No: 977.3 11 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Travel guide toSummary Note: Describes what a visitor to Chicago in 1929 would find to see and do, including providing references to famous gangster activities and haunts.
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[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: REALISTIC F CLI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When nine-year-old Clem's father dies in the Port Chicago Disaster he is forced to navigate his family's losses and struggles in 1940's Chicago.
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-- James Patterson presents2020., Juvenile, Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company Call No: Historical Fic Maniscalco Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In 1889 Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell arrive in America and attend the World's Fair in Chicago. There they find a mysterious string of missing persons and murders and begin to investigate. Their search leads them to a grisly Murder Hotel run by a serial killer who built the great structure as his ultimate torture device. Audrey, finally with her true love, must face the toughest opponent ever when she battles with the notorious H.H. Holmes.
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By Fox, Sonia1971, Putnam Call No: 977.3 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traces the causes, events, and aftermath of the great fire that destroyed a large part of Chicago in 1871.
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1989, Juvenile, Lucent Call No: 977.3 11041 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: World disastersSummary Note: An account of the fire that raged for twenty-four hours over much of Chicago in October 1871, destroying property and homes and killing at least 300 people.
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2023., Adolescent, Dial Books Call No: HISTORICAL FIC MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
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2023., Adolescent, Dial Books Call No: HISTORICAL FIC MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
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2007, c2006., Pantheon Books Call No: 973.85 GRE Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Re-creates the events surrounding the 1886 bombing of a Chicago labor rally and the controversial trial and eventual execution of four men accused of the crime.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: FIC HANIGAN Edition: First edition. Genre: Mystery fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1859, eleven-year-old Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Nell helps her aunt solve cases, including a mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln, and the mystery of what happened to Nell's own father.
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Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Although Emmi has lived in Chicago for two years, she finds it hard to love her adopted city. As a German immigrant in the early 1870s, she's often teased by her America-born peers. But when the Great Fire breaks out on October 8, 1871, Emmi and her enemies find themselves braving the smoke and flames together. Can Emmi and the others survive the danger to escape the burning city? Readers can learn the real story of the Great Chicago Fire from the nonfiction back matter in this Girls Survive story. A glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts are also provided.
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[2018], Adolescent, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: HI 305.896 HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This is a compelling look at the Chicago race riot of 1919, a crisis in the history of race relations that is echoed in today's headlines.
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-- Chicago Race Riots of 1919[2018]., Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: 305.89 Har Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the 1919 race riot in Chicago prompted by a single act of violence against a young black man. Driven by white European immigrants and black migrants from the South, the two races were pitted against each other for jobs and living space, which created a breeding ground for racial hatred. Includes black-and-white photographs and examples of propaganda materials.
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-- Chicago Race Riots of 1919[2018], Adolescent, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: 305.896 0730773110904 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago."--Provided by publisher.
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-- Chicago Race Riots of 1919[2018]., Adolescent, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: 305.896 HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago."--Provided by publisher.
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-- Chicago Race Riots of 1919[2018]., Juvenile, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: Civil Rights NF HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago."--Provided by publisher.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: HISTORICAL F CLI Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
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[2018], Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: After his mother's death in 1946, eleven-year-old Langston and his father leave behind their quiet life in Alabama and move to Chicago. Struggling to fit in and missing his mother, Langston finds refuge at the local library where, unlike his library in Alabama, blacks are just as welcome as whites to use. There he discovers the poetry of Langston Hughes and a secret--he was named after this very poet whose work his mother loved.
