The Damndest Radical: The Life and World of Ben Reitman, Chicago's Celebrated Social Reformer, Hobo King, and Whorehouse Physician"Roger A. Bruns's immensely entertaining biography, now available in paperback, throws a spotlight on a colorful, influential, but long-obscured Chicago character. This is the true story of Ben Reitman, ally of hobos, personal physician to scores of Al Capone's prostitutes, author, womanizer, founder of Chicago's Hobo College, and longtime lover of Emma Goldman." |
Contents
Following the Monkey | 3 |
Millionaire Hobo | 19 |
The Banquet | 26 |
King of the Hoboes | 34 |
To the Streets | 51 |
Emma | 58 |
On Tour | 70 |
210 | 80 |
The Great Repression | 189 |
Hobo College | 202 |
Outcast Narratives | 215 |
Hobo Kingdom | 221 |
Dill Pickle | 230 |
Bughouse Square | 246 |
In Mourning | 252 |
Still the King | 255 |
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