"Author discovers the fate of the grandfather he never knew, who had abruptly abandoned his family during the Great Depression, become a prisoner to alcohol and skid row, and, entangled in the corrupt Pendergast era of Kansas City, Missouri, had finally been murdered at the old Kansas City Municipal Farm"--Provided by publisher.
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6D2F2897-1DE1-4E2F-A83A-36116A184357
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Title
My grandfather's prison.
International Standard Book Number
9780826218643
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Lyons, James Patrick,1908-1948.
Lyons, James Patrick,1908-1948.
Lyons, James Patrick,1908-1948
Lyons, James Patrick,1908-1948.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Alcoholics-- Missouri-- Kansas City, Biography.
Murder-- Investigation-- Missouri-- Kansas City.
Murder-- Missouri-- Kansas City.
Murder victims-- Missouri-- Kansas City.
Political corruption-- Missouri-- Kansas City-- History-- 20th century.