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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Prendergast, Alan, author.     Subjects     Van Cise, Philip S. (Philip Sidney), 1884-     Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Colorado -- Denver -- History.     Organized crime -- Colorado -- Denver -- History.     Political corruption -- Colorado -- Denver -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Prendergast, Alan, author.       by title:      Gangbuster : one man...         MARC Display

Gangbuster : one man's battle against crime, corruption, and the Klan / Alan Prendergast. by Prendergast, Alan, author. New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2023] Subjects Van Cise, Philip S. (Philip Sidney), 1884-   Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Colorado -- Denver -- History.   Organized crime -- Colorado -- Denver -- History.   Political corruption -- Colorado -- Denver -- History. ISBN:  9780806542126 (hardcover) : 0806542128 (hardcover) Description:  vii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  At the height of the 1920s, the ex-frontier town of Denver emerged from the postwar boom as the future of the American city. But the progress and opportunity masked a stew of organized crime, elaborate swindles, and widespread government corruption. Rookie district attorney Philip Van Cise employed military intelligence tools he'd developed during the war, and crippled the criminal empire of Lou Blonger. When the Ku Klux Klan employed anti-immigration scare tactics, vigilantism, and culture wars while claiming to protect true American values, Van Cise was determined to expose the Invisible Empire from within -- adapted from jacket.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 346.10978 Pr Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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