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Herbert Asbury • 78 Items / 16 Books, 48 Articles, 14 Reviews
Gem of the Prairie (1940)
by Herbert Asbury
An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld
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    The Sins of the Poor (Review)
    Milton S. Mayer
    Gem of the Prairie, by Herbert Asbury
    1. Gem of the Prairie by Herbert Asbury
    The Nation, October 26, 1940, p. 398
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    Two Tales of One City (2 Reviews)
    T.V. Smith
    A History of Chicago, Vol. II, by Bessie Louise Pierce
    1. A History of Chicago, Vol. II by Bessie Louise Pierce
    2. Gem of the Prairie by Herbert Asbury
    The Saturday Review, January 18, 1941, p. 16
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    A Reader's List (5 Reviews)
    Into China, by Eileen Bigland
    1. Into China by Eileen Bigland
    2. Journey to the World's End by Hakon Mielche
    3. Gem of the Prairie by Herbert Asbury
    4. God Has a Long Face by Robert Wilder
    5. Two to Make a Wife by Louise Braden
    The New Republic, March 10, 1941, p. 350
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    Briefly Noted (9 Reviews)
    General
    1. The Wave of the Future by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
    2. Serge Diaghilev: His Life, His Work, His Legend by Serge Lifar
    3. The President Makers by Matthew Josephson
    4. Tragedy in France by Andre Maurois
    5. Our Future in Asia by Robert Aura Smith
    6. Gem of the Prairie by Herbert Asbury
    7. Europe and the German Question by Friedrich W. Foerster
    8. Books Alive by Vincent Starrett
    9. Letter from England by Mollie Panter-Downes
    The New Yorker, October 12, 1940, p. 87