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Stead, William T. If Christ Came to Chicago. Railroad Edition. Chicago: Laird & Lee Publishers, 1894. Pictorial wraps. Illustrated. 8vo. 463pp. Folding map of the first ward of Chicago, identifying brothels, pawn shops, saloons, and lodging houses. Back wrap nearly detached, wraps and spine chipped and creased, pages browned. Good. A treatise on graft and vice in the city of Chicago, the book’s cover shows playing cards cascading to the floor as Jesus vanquishes corrupt gamblers and politicians with a wave of his hand. An entire chapter of the book is devoted to the “gambling hells” of Chicago.