Chicago Heights: Little Joe College, the Outfit, and the Fall of Sam Giancana

by Charles Hager and David T. Miller

Winner, ISHS Best of Illinois History Award, 2019

In this riveting true story of coming of age in the Chicago Mob, Charles "Charley" Hager is plucked from his rural West Virginia home by an uncle in the 1960s and thrown into an underworld of money, cars, crime, and murder on the streets of Chicago Heights.

Street-smart and good with his hands, Hager is accepted into the working life of a chauffeur and "street tax" collector, earning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809336723
• ISBN13: 9780809336722
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"