by lennert » Tue Oct 29, 2019 2:41 pm
Under the Clock not only has a lot of fabricated dialogue, but also al lot of fabricated persons and events. For instance, the so called Stauch Dance Hall Massacre described in the book, in which several Yale gang members and innocent bystanders were shot, never happened. Most of Yale's henchmen named in the book never exsisted, and there was never really a war between Yale and the so called "White Hand gang." If my memory serves me right, the only skirmish between Yale and Irish was the 1925 of Lonergan. And that appears to have been nothing more than an argument in a dancing hall that got out of hand. True, the book is an entertaining read, but 99% of it is pure fiction.
Under the Clock not only has a lot of fabricated dialogue, but also al lot of fabricated persons and events. For instance, the so called Stauch Dance Hall Massacre described in the book, in which several Yale gang members and innocent bystanders were shot, never happened. Most of Yale's henchmen named in the book never exsisted, and there was never really a war between Yale and the so called "White Hand gang." If my memory serves me right, the only skirmish between Yale and Irish was the 1925 of Lonergan. And that appears to have been nothing more than an argument in a dancing hall that got out of hand. True, the book is an entertaining read, but 99% of it is pure fiction.