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This biography of Chicago's George "Bugs" Moran was
based on information found in a number of wonderful sources. To
portray the man in more than the single dimension of
"gangster," and to instead exhibit his story as a
maneuvering of time and place, was no easy job. Depending on the
source, and the author, the many books I researched ranged from
surface rat-a-tat-tat exploitation to scholarly appreciation of the
human side of the gangster warfare in Twenties Chicago. Even among
the better sources, then came the task of selecting the most
accurate and telling account of George Moran's role in the time and
place. It is, after all, surprising how many versions exist of
various episodes related to his life; history is often conjecture
and, again depending on the book and the author, I opted to choose
the best "conjecturing". Following are the sources that I
found most accurate and well-displayed:
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Books
Enright, Richard T. (Cowdery, Ray R., ed.)
Capone's Chicago Lakeville, MN:Northstar -Maschek
Books, 1987.
Hecht, Ben 1001 Afternoons in Chicago
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
Johnson, Curt, w/Sautter, R. Craig Wicked City
Highland Park, IL: December Press, 1994.
Lindberg, Richard Return to the Scene of the Crime –
Chicago Nashville, TN: Cumberland House, 1999.
Lowe, David Lost Chicago NY:
American Legacy Press, 1985.
Lyle, John H. The Dry and Lawless
Years Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1960.
Nash, Jay Robert Bloodletters and
Badmen NY: M. Evans and Company, 1995.
Nash, Jay Robert Dictionary of Crime
NY: Paragon House, 1992.
O'Brien, Howard Vincent "Illinois:
First Province of the Middle Kingdom" article from These
United States – Portraits of America From the 1920s, (ed.
Daniel H.Borus) NY: Cornell University
Press, 1992.
Schoenberg, Robert J. Mr. Capone
NY: William Morrow and Co., 1992.
Sifakis, C. Encyclopedia of Crime
NY: Facts on File Press, 1982.
Woodford, Jack My Years With Capone
Chicago: Future Publications, Woodford Memorial Edition, 1985.
Zion, Sidney Loyalty and Betrayal: The Story of
the American Mob San Francisco: Collins Publishers,
1994.
Internet
Da Mob website
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO
Mrs. Jeannette O'Grady for her personal recollections of Chicago
in the 1920s.
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