{"title":"John Russick","description":"\u003cp\u003eJOHN RUSSICK is a historian and Senior Vice President at the Chicago History Museum, where he oversees exhibitions, education, collections, and curatorial affairs. His books include \u003cem\u003eConnecting Kids to History with Museum Exhibitions\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHistoric Photos of Chicago Crime: The Capone Era\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussick’s Chicago 00 Project received a MUSE award in 2018 and a Chicago Innovation award in 2019. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Northern Illinois and a Master of Science in Architecture, with a specialization in historic preservation, from the University of Texas at Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Russick works as a consultant on documentary projects, including the 2011 Ken Burns film Prohibition. His expertise in Chicago architecture, Prohibition, and the Great Chicago Fire shapes his research and publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Russick’s books are published by 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":"historic-photos-of-chicago-crime","title":"Historic Photos of Chicago Crime: The Capone Era","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerhaps no city has a more fabled past than Chicago, home of legendary Al Capone. But that fabled past is often portrayed separate from the surrounding web of social realities, without which no event, no period in time can be understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistoric Photos of Chicago Crime: The Capone Era\u003c\/em\u003e addresses this problem by opening with a compelling look at Chicago's cityscape to include a broad range of cultural phenomena—from suffrage to jazz—essential to the contextualization of crime in the 1920s and 1930s. The history then proceeds as its title suggests—to a riveting overview of crime in Chicago, chock-full of images documenting notorious gangsters and gruesome gangland wars. Al Capone, John Torrio, Earl \"Hymie\" Weiss, George \"Bugs\" Moran, and a host of others are all here. Replete with insightful captions and penetrating chapter introductions by historian John Russick, these photos offer a unique view into Chicago and its nefarious past.\u003c\/p\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\/1683369718\/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\/9781683369714\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"John Russick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43297518551256,"sku":"9781683369714","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781683369714_FC_mockup_v2_1663344921_a3292edd-f413-45a6-ae20-fc255745e94f.jpg?v=1791049828"},{"product_id":"remembering-chicago-crime-in-the-capone-era","title":"Remembering Chicago: Crime in the Capone Era","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/turnerbookstore.com\/products\/historic-photos-of-chicago-crime\" title=\"Historic Photos of Chicago Crime: The Capone Era\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistoric Photos of Chicago Crime: The Capone Era,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e John Russick provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on Chicago’s gangster era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps no city has a more fabled past than Chicago, home of legendary Al Capone. But that fabled past is often portrayed separate from the surrounding web of social realities, without which no event, no period in time can be understood. \u003cem\u003eRemembering Chicago: Crime in the Capone Era\u003c\/em\u003e addresses this problem by opening with a compelling look at Chicago’s cityscape to include a broad range of cultural phenomena—from suffrage to jazz—essential to the contextualization of crime in the 1920s and 1930s. The history then proceeds as its title suggests—to a riveting overview of crime in Chicago, chock-full of images documenting notorious gangsters and gruesome gangland wars. Al Capone, John Torrio, Earl \"Hymie” Weiss, George \"Bugs” Moran, and a host of others are all here. Complete with insightful captions by historian John Russick, these photos offer a unique view into Chicago and its nefarious past.\u003c\/p\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\/1683368169\/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\/9781683368168\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"John Russick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43380487160024,"sku":"9781683368168","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781683368168_FChigh_mockup_v2_1665070522_e79402e8-3057-493a-8193-2b0c91aac186.jpg?v=1791055093"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-john-russick.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}