The Chicago Outfit (Images of America)

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Summary: no big thing
Review: the book is good to look at, he just used all photos on ever page. There is no new info in this book. Its not a very good book if you want to read about the Chicago mob.

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Summary: BRILLIANT!!!!!
Review: The Chicago Outfit by John Binder tells it all! If you're interested in the history of organized crime in the streets and businesses of Chicago from the 19th century to the present...this is it! This fascinating book contains lots of new facts and rare never before published photos. As a crime writer I strongly recommend this book to all history buffs. It is a great addition to your collection. Good Reading!

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Summary: The Chicago Outfit
Review: This is an exceptionally poor book. Fact are wrong (Green Mile for Green Mill nite club), locations are wrong (Chicago Theater does not have a back door on Walbash) Seem to be a clip and paste effort done mostly from old newspaper clippings. How anyone could write about the prohibition era and not mention Canadian Ace, or the DeLisa brothers, or Botchie Conners or Jimmy Sterch or Nattie Trigger or ... the list could go on as long as the book. At least Asbury's book on Chicago crime spoke of such ancient history that even though you knew it was a hack job it was amusing. This is too bad as no one to my knowledge has done any real interviewing of the survivors of the real outfit. Serragusa could have supplied a wealth of information, if he had been cultivated. All in all, just a little better than the cheap sensationalism of Jack Lait.