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Paperback Thirty Years in the Trenches: Covering Crooks, Characters, and Capers Book

ISBN: 1886094772

ISBN13: 9781886094772

Thirty Years in the Trenches Covering Crooks, Characters and Capers

These are stories you won't read about in the Chicago guide books or travel brochures. Examine Justice Department transcripts involving mobsters and their victims. Meet some of Chicago's legendary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 5 stars
Thirty Years in the Trenches Covering Crooks, Characters and Capers

What a fasinating book.I knew Chicago had a past history but to see through the eyes of one of the true beat reproters.Great reading.What a character Mr Drummond is.Just wonderful reading.

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A great yarn from a legendary reporter.

Drummond, a reporter with CBS-owned Channel 2 in Chicago for many years, is best known for covering the "Outfit" in Chicago. As any Chicagoan can attest, he also covered many characters and other crooks, besides the big fish that hogged the headlines. Although there is a chapter on Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, Drummond wisely focuses on the little guys that many of us forgot. This is a smart choice, for much is already written...

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