To Serve and Collect: Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal, 1855-1960

Richard C Lindberg‏

אוג׳ 1998 · SIU Press

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Crooked politicians, gangsters, madams, and cops on the take: To Serve and Collect tells the story of Chicago during its formative years through the history of its legendary police department.

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Richard C. Lindberg grew up in Chicago’s Norwood Park neighborhood. His nine books include Chicago by Gaslight: A History of the Chicago Netherworld, 1880–I 920, The White Sox Encyclopedia, and The Armchair Companion to chicago Sports. He is the former editor of the Illinois Police and Sheriff’s News and served as head writer and senior editor for the Edgar Award-winning Encyclopedia of World Crime.