About the Book
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.
Richard C. Lindberg
$29.95
Paperback (Other formats:
E-book)
978-0-8093-2223-7
408 pages, 6 x 9, 36 illustrations
08/01/1998
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.
"Lindberg has a rare gift for making history fun, even with footnotes, and in doing so produces a major work of scholarship that not only puts him in Herbert Asbury’s league but goes a step further by explaining Chicago as well as describing it."—Chicago Magazine