Godfathers of Chicago’s Chinatown
Title | Godfathers of Chicago’s Chinatown PDF eBook |
Author | Harrison Fillmore |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2023-05-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 146715394X |
Even in a town notorious for gangsters like Al Capone, much of Chicago's lawless lore has remained uncharted. Chicago's Chinatown, in particular, was home to a vast criminal enterprise, strictly bound by old-country rituals, rules and traditions. Few kno
Godfathers of Chicago's Chinatown
Title | Godfathers of Chicago's Chinatown PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Daly |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 165 |
Release | 2023-05-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1439677832 |
Discover the untold story of the Windy City's Ghost Shadows. Even in a town notorious for gangsters like Al Capone, much of Chicago's lawless lore has remained uncharted. Chicago's Chinatown, in particular, was home to a vast criminal enterprise, strictly bound by old country rituals, rules and traditions. Few know of Moy Dong Chew, aka "Opium Dong," one of Chinatown's original godfathers, much less Frank Moy, his fedora-wearing predecessor. While incidents like the St. Valentine's Day Massacre dominated newspaper headlines, the Tong Wars were being waged in the shadows. Author Harrison Fillmore relates the long and sordid history of Chinatown's underbelly from the early 1880s to the late 1980s when a Federal Indictment essentially ended organized crime's grip on their good citizens
Chinese in Chicago, 1870-1945
Title | Chinese in Chicago, 1870-1945 PDF eBook |
Author | Chuimei Ho |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738534442 |
The first wave of Chinese immigrants came to Chicagoland in the 1870s, after the transcontinental railway connected the Pacific Coast to Chicago. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act prevented working-class Chinese from entering the U.S., except men who could prove they were American citizens. For more than 60 years, many Chinese immigrants had acquired documents helping to prove that they were born in America or had a parent who was a citizen. The men who bore these false identities were called "paper sons." A second wave of Chinese immigrants arrived after the repeal of the Act in 1943, seeking economic opportunity and to be reunited with their families.
Gateway to Chicago Chinatown
Title | Gateway to Chicago Chinatown PDF eBook |
Author | Chicago (Ill.). Department of Public Works |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Chinatown (Chicago, Ill.) |
ISBN |
Chicago's Chinatown
Title | Chicago's Chinatown PDF eBook |
Author | Ying Cheng Kiang |
Publisher | |
Pages | 66 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Chicago (Ill.) |
ISBN |
Chicago's Chinatown
Title | Chicago's Chinatown PDF eBook |
Author | Minglan Cheung Keener |
Publisher | |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Chinese |
ISBN |
Ling Long Museum
Title | Ling Long Museum PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald H. Moye |
Publisher | |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 1935 |
Genre | Chicago (Ill.) |
ISBN |