The Blackest Sheep - Yeck, Joanne L.
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From the dawn of the twentieth century through postwar prosperity, The Blackest Sheep spans over sixty years of Chicago's past, charting its evolving nightlife before, during, and after Prohibition through the history of one of Rush Street's best-loved and most enduring nightspots, Club Alabam. This new look at Chicago after dark weaves together three fascinating biographies: the forgotten legacy of multi-talented Dan Blanco, who introduced European-style cabaret to the city; the untold story of the ill-fated beauty Evelyn Nesbit's tumultuous nightclub career; and the effervescent Gene Harris'…mehr

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From the dawn of the twentieth century through postwar prosperity, The Blackest Sheep spans over sixty years of Chicago's past, charting its evolving nightlife before, during, and after Prohibition through the history of one of Rush Street's best-loved and most enduring nightspots, Club Alabam. This new look at Chicago after dark weaves together three fascinating biographies: the forgotten legacy of multi-talented Dan Blanco, who introduced European-style cabaret to the city; the untold story of the ill-fated beauty Evelyn Nesbit's tumultuous nightclub career; and the effervescent Gene Harris' rise from headwaiter to the owner and personality behind Club Alabam. Rubbing shoulders with gangsters, bootleggers, drug dealers, jazz musicians and leggy showgirls was an occupational hazard, enough to label anyone the "black sheep of the family." As Blanco, Nesbit, and Harris' bids for adventure, survival and-sometimes-success prove, the escapades of even the blackest sheep can shock, inspire, and ultimately delight. This groundbreaking look at Chicago's entertainment history includes over forty illustrations.
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After earning her doctorate in cinema studies at the University of Southern California, Joanne Yeck taught and wrote about film history for many years. While homeschooling her daughter, Joanne published several articles about the family's particular style of interest-driven education. Since 1995, her fascination with Virginia history has become a full-time occupation. Years of research exploring her mother's deep Virginia roots resulted in three volumes about the people and places of Buckingham County, including a biography of President Thomas Jefferson's only brother, Randolph, whose plantation, Snowden, was located in northern Buckingham at the Horseshoe Bend of the James River. In 2010, she was awarded a Jefferson Fellowship at the International Center for Jefferson Studies which supported her research for The Jefferson Brothers (2012) as well as her current book, Peter Field Jefferson: Dark Prince of Scottsville & Lost Jeffersons. She writes a monthly column for the Buckingham Beacon and, since 2012, her blog, Slate River Ramblings, has attracted a growing community of genealogists and history buffs interested in Buckingham County and its environs. When not exploring the back roads of Virginia, she lives in Kettering, Ohio. Visit her online at joannelyeck.com and slateriverramblings.com.