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Booklist Reviews 2017 September #1
In the years leading up to 1933, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two rich Chicago kids, murdered another boy for fun; the U.S. was mired in the Great Depression; Charles Lindbergh’s baby was kidnapped and murdered; Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany; and Al Capone, who had used Prohibition as a way to expand his criminal empire, was the de facto mayor of Chicago, even though he was, technically, a prison inmate. Amid all this turmoil, the Chicago political powers that be thought it would be a great idea to throw a World’s Fair. But how do you fund a $20 million extravaganza when the city is broke? How do you keep the gangsters from running rampant? The fair’s planner promised the people of the city that gangsters “will be gone” by the time of the fair, but how could he possibly follow through? Enter the Secret Six, a group of businessmen who joined forces for a most dangerous mission: to eradicate organized crime in Chicago by the time the fair opened. This is a thrilling and frequently surprising story about larger-than-life people and their larger-than-life ambitions. Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews.
Joliet Rotary Club Tuesday Sept 12 Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair
Author William Hazelgrove will talk about his new book at a luncheon at the Joliet Rotary Club. Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair
WGN Rick Kogan interview on Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair
Rotary One Chicago Union League Club Sept 5th Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair
Dinner Presentation Author William Hazelgrove on Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair Rotary One Chicago Union League Club 7 PM Celebrate the forthcoming book release Sept 21!!
WGN INTERVIEW RICK KOGAN ON AL CAPONE AND THE 1933 WORLDS FAIR LABOR DAY SEPT 4 2PM
INTERVIEW WITH ICONIC RICK KOGAN WGN RADIO AM 720 ON SEPT 4TH 2 PM LABOR DAY…DISCUSSION OF NEW BOOK AL CAPONE AND THE 1933 WORLDS FAIR
EVENT SCHEDULE FOR AL CAPONE AND THE 1933 WORLDS FAIR
Sept 4th WGN Chicago with Rick Kogan Labor Day Sept 4th 2PM
Sept 23 The Book Store Glen Ellyn Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair
Sept 22 Book Club Michigan City
Oct 7 Barnes and Noble Oak Brook 1 PM
Oct 14 Barnes and Noble Geneva 1PM Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair
Oct 16 Oak Park Library 7-9
Oct 17 University Club Luncheon for release of Al
Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair
Oct 21 Barnes and Noble crystal lake 1-4
Oct 22 Barnes and Noble Naperville 1-4
Oct 26 Elk Grove Library Al Capone and 1933 Worlds Fair 7 PM
Oct 28 Barnes and Noble Dundee 1 PM Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair
Nov 6 Algonguin Library 7 PM Teddy Roosevelt out West
Nov 15 Highland Park Library Madam President Morning 10 AM
Jan 25 Book Club Cheney Mansion 1030 AM Oak Park
Jan 25 Lombard Library Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair
Feb 12 Forest Park Library Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair 7 PM
Feb 14 Deerfield Library Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair 7 PM
Feb 15 Evergreen Park Library Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair 7 PM
March 20 Warrenville Library Inside Reading and Writing
March 22n Algonquin Library Al Capone and the 1933 Worlds Fair
May 25 River Forest Library Forging a President
William Hazelgrove is the National Bestselling author of ten novels and three nonfiction titles. Ripples, Tobacco Sticks Mica Highways Rocket Man, The Pitcher, Real Santa, Jackpine, The Bad Author, My Best Year, The Pitcher 2, and Madam President The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson, Forging A President How the Wild West Created Teddy Roosevelt and Al Capone and the Worlds Fair of 1933. His books have received starred reviews in Publisher Weekly and Booklist, Book of the Month Selections, ALA Editors Choice Awards Junior Library Guild Selections Literary Guild Selections, and sold to the movies. He was the Ernest Hemingway Writer in Residence where he wrote in the attic of Ernest Hemingway’s birthplace. He has written articles and reviews for USA Today and other publications and has been featured on NPR All Things Considered. The New York Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today have all covered his books with features. He runs a cultural blog, The View From Hemingway’s Attic. He lives in Chicago.
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