The Lazarus Project

"The Lazarus Project" by Averbuch, Lazarus;Hemon, Aleksandar;Chicago History Museum.;Božović, Velibor, published by Penguin Publishing Group;Riverhead Books. On March 2, 1908, nineteen-year-old Lazarus Averbuch, a recent Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe to Chicago, knocked on the front door of the house of George Shippy, the chief of Chicago police. When Shippy came to the door, Averbuch offered him what he said was an important letter. Instead of taking the letter, Shippy shot Averbuch twice, killing him. When Shippy released a statement casting Averbuch as a would-be anarchist assassin and agent of foreign political operatives, he all but set off a city and a country already simmering with ethnic and political tensions. Now, in the twenty-first century, a young writer in Chicago, Brik, also from Eastern Europe, becomes obsessed with Lazarus story--what really happened, and why?--From publisher description. Book details: 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm pages, published 2010;2008. Order now on BookShops.in with fast, reliable delivery across India.