Wicked Akron

Wicked Akron
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 110
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ISBN-10 : 9781614230625
ISBN-13 : 1614230625
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Book Synopsis Wicked Akron by : Kymberli Hagelberg

Download or read book Wicked Akron written by Kymberli Hagelberg and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wicked Akron, Ohio takes the reader on a journey through the seedy underbelly of the city's history. Akron is known as "the rubber capital of the world" and home to Goodyear. But look beneath those tires and you will find dirt...a lot of dirt! Explore Akron's darkest days, when citizens burned city hall to the ground and members of the Ku Klux Klan called the shots from the schoolhouse to the courthouse. Meet a grave robber who became a political leader, a mobster who ordered police murders and a beloved bootlegger turned bail bondsman. Say hello to Frank Hurn, a flashy, frenetic, fast-talking con man who was looking for suckers to invest in the Vulcans, an NFL team he promised to bring to Akron. From city saloon to suburban hideout, this is an alternative history lesson of the sometimes dicey coexistence of the well-heeled and the workers, men and women who lived big lives during Akron's fledgling days as a canal port, its pre-Depression heyday and zenith as a Midwestern industrial success story. Author Kymberli Hagelberg, an award-winning journalist and native Northeast Ohioan, takes the reader on a morbidly-entertaining tour of the shadowy corners of Akron's history. With stories including mobsters and body snatchers, con men and Klansmen, plagues and fires, there is truly something for fans of local history and true crime stories.


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