Wicked Akron : Tales of Rumrunners, Mobsters and Other Rubber City Rogues

by Kymberli Hagelberg

2020-06-24 14:09:43

The searchlight finds Akron''s darkest days, when citizens burned city hall to the ground and members of the Ku Klux Klan called the shots from the schoolhouse to the courthouse. Meet a grave robber who became a political leader, a mobster who ordere... Read more
The searchlight finds Akron''s darkest days, when citizens burned city hall to the ground and members of the Ku Klux Klan called the shots from the schoolhouse to the courthouse. Meet a grave robber who became a political leader, a mobster who ordered police murders and a beloved bootlegger turned bail bondsman. Say hello to Frank Hurn, a flashy, frenetic, fast-talking con man who was looking for suckers to invest in the Vulcans, an NFL team he promised to bring to Akron. From city saloon to suburban hideout, this is an alternative history lesson of the sometimes dicey coexistence of the well-heeled and the workers, men and women who lived big lives during Akron''s fledgling days as a canal port, its pre-Depression heyday and zenith as a midwestern industrial success story. Less

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File size8.8x5.9x0.3inches
Print pages128
PublisherHistory Press
Publication date November 1, 2010
Languageeng
ISBN9781596299153

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