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Wayne Klatt
King of the Gold Coast [EPUB ebook]

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Chicago’s breathtaking Lake Shore Drive, with its beaches and luxury homes, has its origin in a neglected marsh and a clandestine land development. Meet the uncrowned king of the disputed shore, George Wellington Streeter, the outlandish swindler, unlikely hero and self-proclaimed founder of the Gold Coast who tried to secede from the state of Illinois. Opposing him was the quiet vision of Potter Palmer and the full weight of his investment syndicate. With this keen piece of investigative history, Wayne Klatt uncovers the secrets that both sides of the conflict managed to keep in spite of lawsuits, state inquiries, a presidential forgery and two murder trials.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781614231790 ● Publisher Arcadia Publishing Inc. ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4316298 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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