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Street Fight: The Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s by Morrissy, Anne *BRAND NEW*
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Características del artículo
- Estado
- Product Group
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Signed By
- N/A
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- N/A
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Edition
- First Edition
- IsTextBook
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Era
- 1920s
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country of Origin
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781493068678
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1493068679
ISBN-13
9781493068678
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25057260270
Product Key Features
Book Title
Street Fight : the Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Automotive / History, United States / 20th Century, General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Publication Year
2024
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-057943
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
A seminal and ground-breaking study... Extraordinary, fascinating, and offering immense appeal to readers with an interest in the history of organized crime, the history of Chicago, and automotive/transportation history, Street Fight is recommended a prized and singularly unique addition to personal, professional, community, and college/university library collections., Written like a heart racing thriller or true crime podcast, Street Fight is a fascinating look at this understudied conflict in the city's history that combined a perfect storm of labor suppression, organized crime, government corruption, and turf warfare. Anne Morrissy's latest is a must-read for history buffs of all kinds., Morrissy's vivid and deeply researched account of this component of post-WWI social and commercial lore will intrigue students of business history as well as all who revel in ever-colorful and often brutal Chicago stories., Anne Morrissy's lively new book, Street Fight: The Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s , concentrates largely on a decade-plus span, from the 1910s into the 1920s, when Yellow Cab and Checker Taxi battled it out with bombs, fists, bullets, threats, and bribery for control of a booming new urban service.
Dewey Decimal
388
Synopsis
Street Fight is the untold story of the deadly taxicab wars that plagued Chicago during the 1920s and led to laws that today still govern how cab, limo, and rideshare companies and drivers work every day. The book vividly brings to life the full intrigue, danger, and innovation that accompanied the taxi wars in Chicago, an exciting yet ......, Street Fight is the untold story of the deadly taxicab wars that plagued Chicago during the 1920s and led to laws that today still govern how cab, limo, and rideshare companies and drivers work every day. The book vividly brings to life the full intrigue, danger, and innovation that accompanied the taxi wars in Chicago, an exciting yet politically corrupt city where world-famous gangsters publicly vied for control of the city's illegal liquor business in the time of Prohibition. Working from extensive research and interviews with descendants and experts, author Anne Morrissy gives the taxi wars the full treatment they deserve and which has so far eluded them., Bricks and bottles of acid through the windshield. Bullets shot from the running boards of racing cabs, passengers screaming in the backseat. Bombs exploding in garages, beneath parked cars, on the front porches of jurors' homes. Accusations of favoritism and collusion with city leaders and law enforcement; bribery and extortion and grand jury investigations. Mysterious accidents and brutal attacks and devastating fires, leaving a trail of widows in their wake. These were Chicago's Taxi Wars, a violent and deadly battle for supremacy of the city's new and lucrative taxi industry during the Jazz Age. In 1915, at the dawn of the automobile era, visionary car salesman John D. Hertz (better remembered today for his successful foray into rental cars) and his partner, Walden W. Shaw, founded Chicago's Yellow Cab Company. This wildly successful venture would go on to inform and inspire the modern taxi industry as we know it today in Chicago and throughout the United States. But as the Roaring Twenties glamorized lawlessness on the city's streets, Yellow Cab's meteoric rise invited increasingly aggressive competitors. Cab drivers battled each other in the streets over fares, allegiances and turf claims, their skirmishes escalating from sophomoric pranks to cold-blooded murder, mass shootings, and acts of domestic terrorism. In the 1920s, one rival in particular ascended to pose a threat to Yellow Cab's dominance: the Checker Taxi Company. Behind the scenes, pulling the strings at Checker, was Morris Markin, who was desperate to expand his influence even as Chicago's gangsters attempted to wrest his control away. Working from extensive research and interviews with descendants and experts, author Anne Morrissy vividly recreates Chicago's Taxi Wars, bringing to print for the first time this deeply compelling but nearly forgotten story. Buffeted by a supporting cast of colorful combatants and larger-than-life Jazz Age characters -- including Johnny Torrio, Al Capone, Joe Kennedy, Gene Tunney, Jack Dempsey, and Chicago mayor William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson -- Street Fight: The Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s restores to history these deadly wars that played out on the city's streets a century ago, endangering the lives of passengers and passersby, while at the same time forming the regulatory foundation that still governs cab, limo and rideshare transportation in the 21st century.
LC Classification Number
HE5634.C4M6678 2024
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