City King
By WaterflowerWorks
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11
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  • Romance
  • chicago
  • chicagofire
  • chicagogangsters
  • fiction
  • historical
  • imprisonment
  • polish
  • rights
  • womens

Description

Lily Wodniak is the daughter of a polish immigrant shopkeeper in 1870's Chicago, but she not like other girls of her neighborhood nor does she relate well to those girls. While, most girls anticipate the next dress and opportunity to wear it, Lily anticipates the next time she able to run, climb, hunt, and fish in her late grandfather's woods. The one problem with the Polish neighborhoods of Chicago is that they are ruled by a ruthless political machine known as the City King, ruled by the King of Thieves. When the lackeys of the "King" enters Lily's father's store while Lily was helping him one day looking for a tribute, Lily decides to stand up to the gang of brutes. She and the gang fight. Lily is captured and held. What can one girl in the face of a male dominated criminal world? This is a complete story.

Chapter 1: Foolishness

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City King
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