Documents the true stories of Belva Gaertner and Beulah Annan, the women whose sensational murder trials inspired the musical "Chicago," and traces the contributions of fledgling reporter Maurine Watkins against a backdrop of Chicago's Jazz Age culture.
Record details
ISBN:9780670021970 (hc.)
Physical Description:print xi, 304 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Publisher:New York : Viking, 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-295 and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A grand object lesson -- The variable feminine mechanism -- One-gun duel -- Hang me? That's a joke -- No sweetheart in the world is worth killing -- The kind of gal who never could be true -- A modern Salome -- Her mind works vagrantly -- Jail school -- The love-foiled girl -- It's terrible, but it's better -- What fooled everybody -- A modest little housewife -- Anne, you have killed me -- Beautiful--but not dumb! -- The tides of hell -- Hatproof, sexproof, and damp -- A grand and gorgeous show -- Entirely too vile -- The most monotonous city on Earth.
Book
