Title The King of Skid Row : John Bacich and the twilight years of old Minneapolis / James Eli Shiffer

Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Contents Cover -- Contents -- Prologue: A Bum's Paradise -- Introduction: Snapshots -- 1. Johnny Rex -- 2. The Gandies -- 3. Ring in the Booze -- 4. The Flophouse -- 5. Missions -- 6. The Lost City -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W Summary "Following John Bacich, who documented the last days of downtown Minneapolis's Skid Row neighborhood in the 1950s, The King of Skid Row recreates the violent, alcohol-soaked history of an area of the city now completely redesigned and developed, transformed dramatically from its gritty past"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Bacich, John, 1919-2012. SUBJECT Bacich, John, 1919-2012 fast Subject Businessmen -- Minnesota -- Biography Skid row -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) Businessmen Skid row SUBJECT Gateway District (Minneapolis, Minn.) -- History Minneapolis (Minn.) -- History Subject Minnesota Minnesota -- Minneapolis Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book LC no. 2015039581 ISBN 9781452950204 1452950202

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