The First Vice Lord: Big Jim Colosemo and the Ladies of the Levee

by Art Bilek

Book Overview

THE FIRST VICE LORD is the story of the life and death of Big Jim Colosimo and Chicago's infamous segregated red-light district--the Levee. For the first time, the true story is told of the colorful characters who peopled the Levee from the time of the Columbian Exposition to the Roaring Twenties, clearly the most colorful period in Chicago's history. The product of five years of research through Chicago daily newspapers, magazines, and periodicals,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581826397
• ISBN13: 9781581826395
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent read

Such an excellent account of the goings on around that era, very accurate detail of the characters that were involved with big jim, gives you a good feel of what it was like to live in those times.