Gangbuster
One Man's Battle Against Crime, Corruption, and the Klan
New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2023]
Format: Book
Description: vii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
An award-winning journalist presents the story of Philip Van Cise, a rookie District Attorney who fought the KKK, organized crime, and government corruption in Denver in the 1920s and how his experiences still resonate one century later.
Contents:
Prologue -- Grifters. The fighting man ; The big store ; The wire ; The roundup ; Unfixed -- Hoods. The klandestine candidate ; The star chamber ; The dangerous summer ; Tonight we see the Mob ; The new regime ; Collapse ; Legacies.
Subjects:
Van Cise, Philip S. (Philip Sidney), 1884-1969
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- History.
Organized crime -- Colorado -- Denver -- History.
Political corruption -- Colorado -- Denver -- History.
Denver (Colo.) -- History -- 20th century.
Van Cise, Philip S. (Philip Sidney), 1884-1969
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- History.
Organized crime -- Colorado -- Denver -- History.
Political corruption -- Colorado -- Denver -- History.
Denver (Colo.) -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780806542126
| Availability | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
| TRUE CRIME Pre | Main (Downtown) | Display - First Level, Nonfiction | In |
