{"title":"Arthur J. Bilek","description":"\u003cp\u003eARTHUR J. BILEK was a Chicago-area law enforcement official, criminologist, and author of two books, including \u003cem\u003eThe St. Valentine’s Day Massacre\u003c\/em\u003e, co-authored with William Helmer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilek held a master’s degree in criminology from Loyola University, earned in 1953. He served as Chief of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office from 1962, launched the Criminal Justice bachelor’s degree program at the University of Illinois Chicago Circle in 1966, taught at Northwestern University, Indiana University, and the University of Louisville, served as associate director of Northwestern’s Traffic Institute, and was a director of the Chicago Crime Commission. His books include \u003cem\u003eLegal Aspects of Private Security\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur J. Bilek’s books are published by Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-first-vice-lord","title":"The First Vice Lord: Big Jim Colosemo and the Ladies of the Levee","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe First Vice Lord\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of the life and death of Big Jim Colosimo and Chicago's infamous segregated red-light district--the Levee. For the first time, the true story is told of the colorful characters who peopled the Levee from the time of the Columbian Exposition to the Roaring Twenties, clearly the most colorful period in Chicago's history. The product of five years of research through Chicago daily newspapers, magazines, and periodicals, and books on the city's history, it documents the story as it occurred, with all of the sights, sounds, and smells of that lusty, unruly era. \u003cem\u003eThe First Vice Lord\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of an immigrant Italian lad who grew up in the tenements of Chicago, where he worked first as a lowly street sweeper, then as a brothel operator and vice lord, and finally as the owner of the most famous restaurant of his day. His story is told against the backdrop of an open red-light district so famous it was known to the crown heads of Europe.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1581826397\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781581826395\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Arthur J. Bilek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43236421796056,"sku":"9781581826395","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781581826395_FChigh_mockup_v2_1738796719_06f9a25b-3852-4966-972e-db9053154494.jpg?v=1791025418"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-arthur-j-bilek.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}