Nelson R. J. - Dirty Waters Confessions Of Chicago's Last Harbor Boss - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A wry no - holds - barred memoir of Nelson's time controlling some of Chicago's most beautiful spots while facing some of its ugliest traditions. In 1987, the city of Chicago hired a former radical college chaplain to clean up rampant corruption on the waterfront. R. J. Nelson thought he was used to the darker side of the law he had been followed by federal agents and wiretapped due to his antiwar stances in the sixties but nothing could prepare him for the wretched bog that constituted the world of a Harbor Boss. Dirty Waters is the wry no - holds - barred memoir of Nelson's time controlling some of the city's most beautiful spots while facing some of its ugliest traditions. Nelson takes us through Chicago's beloved blue spaces and deep into the city's political morass revealing the different moralities underlining three mayoral administrations and navigating the gritty mechanisms of the city's political machine. Ultimately Dirty Waters is a tale of morality of what it takes to be a force for good in the world and what struggles come from trying to stay ethically afloat in a sea of corruption.
Title: Dirty Waters Confessions Of Chicago's Last Harbor Boss
Author(s): Nelson R. J.
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226826929
Pages: 304 Pages, 16 Halftones, 6 Maps
Publication Date: 2/19/2023
Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
Category: Politics & Government