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    by Daniel Waugh ...
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    Gangs of St. Louis

    Men of Respect

    by Daniel Waugh ...
    Narrated by David Jackson ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 32 min

    St. Louis was a city under siege during Prohibition. Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for control of the town's illegal enterprises. Although their names (the Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Russo Gang, Egan's Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Cuckoo Gang and the Shelton Gang) are familiar to many, their exploits have remained largely undocumented until now. Learn how an awkward gunshot ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • When Destiny Dictates

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  • Russia's Theatrical Past

    Court Entertainment in the Seventeenth Century

    Series series East European Music Studies
    In the 17th****century, only Moscow's elite had access to the magical, vibrant world of the theater.In Russia's Theatrical Past, Claudia Jensen, Ingrid Maier, Stepan Shamin, and Daniel C. Waugh mine Russian and Western archival sources to document the history of these productions as they developed at the court of the Russian tsar. Using such sources as European newspapers, diplomats' reports, ... Read more

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