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Lords of the Levee: The Story of Bathhouse John and Hinky Dink Interpersonal Relations the boundaries of privacy areWinner of 2006 Illinois State Historical Society Book Award Certificate of Excellence In the early twentieth century, John Coughlin and Mike Kenna ruled Chicago's First Ward, the lucrative lakefront territory and nerve center of the city. It was one of the most infamous havens for vice in the entire country, home to gambling palaces with marble floors and mahogany bars, to a mini city of thugs and prostitutes and down and outers, to dives and saloons