03237cam a2200337 4500 861336183 TxAuBib 20230620120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780806542140 0806542144 B0B17KB8N2 Amazon b1a36af1-cfca-467d-8111-8ac1730ad27b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9004614 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Prendergast, Alan. Gangbuster [Libby] : One Man's Battle Against Crime, Corruption, and the Klan. Citadel Press, 2023. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1700kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Sociology. True Crime. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>A gripping and exhaustively researched, first-time account of a feared gangbuster's groundbreaking battles with organized crime, the KKK, and corruption at the highest levels of government sure to resonate with readers affected by the politics of contemporary society.</b><br /> At the height of the roaring 1920s, the ex-frontier town of Denver, Colorado, emerged from the postwar boom as the future of the American city. But the slick façade of progress and opportunity masked a murky stew of organized crime, elaborate swindles, and widespread government corruption. One man risked everything to alter the course of history.<br /> <br /> Rookie district attorney Phillip Van Cise was already making national headlines for a new brand of law enforcement. Employing military intelligence tools he'd developed during the Great War—wiretapping, undercover operatives, communication intercepts—Van Cise crippled the criminal empire of Lou Blonger, an ex-lawman who had risen from petty scam artist to master of the Big Con. But Van Cise had even darker, more malevolent forces on his radar.<br /> <br /> The Ku Klux Klan had emerged as a shockingly mainstream middle-class movement, employing anti-immigration scare tactics, encouraging vigilantism, and instigating culture wars, all while claiming to protect true American values. Van Cise saw the toxic ideology for what it was: a new version of the Big Con sold as populism. Utilizing his pioneering surveillance techniques, Van Cise was determined to expose the Invisible Empire from within.<br /> <br /> Gripping and exhaustively researched, this prescient chronicle of Phillip Van Cise's spectacular career as a feared gangbuster taking on organized crime, the KKK, and corruption at the highest levels of government is a cautionary tale that mirrors our tumultuous times. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-06-19 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b1a36af1-cfca-467d-8111-8ac1730ad27b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b1a36af1-cfca-467d-8111-8ac1730ad27b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b1a36af1-cfca-467d-8111-8ac1730ad27b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)