Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair : The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago

Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago is a historical look at Chicago during the darkest days of the Great Depression. The story of Chicago fighting the hold that organized crime had on the city to be able to put on The 1933 World's Fair. William 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businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who beat Al Capone at his own game, ending the gangster era as prohibition was repealed. The story of an intriguing woman, Sally Rand, who embodied the World's Fair with her own rags to riches story and brought sex into the open. The story of Rufus and Charles Dawes who gave the fair a theme and then found financing in the worst economic times the country had ever experienced. The story of the most corrupt mayor of Chicago, William Thompson, who owed his election to Al Capone; and the mayor who followed him, Anton Cermak, who was murdered months before the fair opened by an assassin many said was hired by Al Capone. But most of all it's the story about a city fighting for survival in the darkest of times; and a shining light of hope called A Century of Progress. 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. "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."--Jacket. William Hazelgrove explores the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who would beat Capone at his own game, as well as the construction of the 1933 World's Fair and the rags to riches story of Sally Rand.