City of Scoundrels

Always wanting to know more about Chicago, I ordered this book from the library and finished it in less than a week. Although the events in this book happened in a period of about two weeks in 1919, I kept waiting to find out just exactly how these tragic events helped shape the birth of modern Chicago. Krist never really says.

I did not know much about the devastating race riots of that time, nor Mayor Bill Thompson, and I certainly didn't know about the crashing of the blimp in the Loop, nor the transit strike or missing child. So, if you are a diehard Chicago history fan, this book has some good information. If you want The Devil in the White City, this isn't it.