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BIB FORMATLane, Steven. The Great American Novel. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press,

2008.

Describes the life and times of Lane. Contains excellent early life primary documents.

_____. “How to Write.” Lincoln Park Magazine 17 (2008): 76-77. Lane offers advice on how to construct a proper essay.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY (WORKS CITED) PRIMARY SOURCES Cook County Insane Asylum. Annual Reports, 1889-1914. Springfield, IL: Chicago

Legislative Reference Bureau, 1940.

Contains vital information on the asylum, ranging from numbers of inmates, to amounts of supplies, ordered to wages for the staff.

SECONDARY SOURCES Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld. New York, NY: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1986.

Examines the history of Chicago ganglords, their rises to power and their eventual falls. Excellent section on Al Capone and his trial for income tax evasion.

Kilnenberg, Eric. Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2002.

Chronicles the deaths resulting from the infamous heat wave with special attention given to the failures of the city of Chicago in terms of its preparedness and timely response to the crisis. Good examination of Mayor Daley and his role in the tragedy.

Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America. New York, NY: Crown

Publishers, 2003.

Excellent account of Chicago’s re-birth after the fire to the world with the fair. Specific focus on Dr. HH Holmes and the murders occurring during the event.