A copy of the book found on Sigma Iotia II
Chicago Mobs of the Twenties was a book published in New York on Earth in the year 1992. It detailed life in the city of Chicago during the 1920s when the conventional government had broken down and Chicago Gangs crime families had taken over. Some of the book's motiff's were that one had to "make hits" and that "if someone argues you lean on them". It also described the concept of mob bosses, gang territories, and small mob groups known as "the small-fry".
- The book might also have gone into detail about the battles between the gang families and the police, since Jojo Krako knew about the concept of being arrested.
In 2167, a copy of the book was left on the planet Sigma Iotia II by a crewmember of the starship Horizon. The book, which remained on the surface of the planet after the Horizon landing party had departed, was later discovered by the native Iotians, a highly imitative race. The Iotians reinvented their entire society based on the information in the book, thinking it was the model for a perfect society and viewing the book with near-religious reverence. (TOS: "A Piece of the Action")
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