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Title: A Knight of Another Sort: Prohibition Days and Charlie Birger by Gary Deneal, Jim Ballowe ISBN: 0-8093-2217-X Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good Clarification of the Topic
Comment: Growing up in southern Illinois, the stomping grounds of Charlie Birger, I always heard the stories of gangsters. For anyone who has lived in southern Illinois, it is hard to imagine gangsters, bootlegging, etc. going on in this rural part of the state. Being curious about what was fact and what was fiction regarding Birger, I found this book.
It is a really good read, covering all aspects of Birger, as well as some background information on southern Illinois and the Prohibition period there. It is especially interesting to read about areas you know really well, and soak in the history that took place there. I would recommend this book to anyone from the southern Illinois area.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Companion to Bloody Williamson
Comment: If Paul Angle's BLOODY WILLIAMSON got your attention, you might consider DeNeal's portrait of Birger and his violent life as a natural companion piece. His exhaustive examination of the gangster's persona and the spectacle of his death is well-written and enjoyable. For those not so interested in the particulars of Birger's life, this study offers a solid snapshot of southern Illinois culture during the years just before the Depression. Ballowe's smart, albeit brief, introduction is also nicely done.
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Title: Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness (Prairie State Books) by Paul M. Angle, John Y. Simon ISBN: 0252062337 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref) Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Outlaws of Cave-In-Rock: Historical Accounts of the Famous Highwaymen and River Pirates Who Operated in Pioneer Days upon the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and over the Natchez (Shawnee Classics) by Otto A. Rothert, Robert Clark ISBN: 0809320347 Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Murder in Little Egypt by Darcy O'Brien ISBN: 0786710950 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Lawman to Outlaw: Verne Miller and the Kansas City Massacre by Brad Smith ISBN: 0970672551 Publisher: Jona Books Pub. Date: 30 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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