Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Cast of Characters ix
4. Chronology xi
5. Prologue: Requiem 1
6. 1 “City of Big Shoulders” 4
7. 2 The United Brotherhood 20
8. 3 The Dynamite War 40
9. 4 “Secret Hatreds” 56
10. 5 “Boys, I Give Up” 72
11. 6 “The Darkest and Bloodiest Mysteries of Secret Crime” 89
12. 7 “The Whisper of Silence” 108
13. 8 “Truth in Essentials, Imagination in Non- Essentials” 131
14. 9 “A Theater of Great Sensations” 163
15. 10 “Remember Cronin” 191
16. Acknowledgments 215
17. Note on sources 219
18. Notes 225
19. Organizations and Terms 273
20. Bibliography 275
21. Index 295