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About this Book:
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For this 4th volume in the Enigma Series, local history author Timothy Parrott has unearthed yet another riveting character from Iowa City's past. This time, the subject is the author's grandfather, Charles "Polly" Parrott, best known as a respected, longtime superintendent of Oakland Cemetery. But there was another side of Polly Parrott. From the brightly colored tents of a carnival midway to the echoing clank of a prison cell door, the sights and sounds of Polly Parrott's 77 years of life truly ran the gamut. While he had his Bohemian wife raised a family of 12 children, Polly pursued a variety of jobs, ranging from bricklayer to member of the St. Louis mob and Chicago's notorious Capone Syndicate. This is his grandson's factual, no-holds-barred account of Polly's multi-faceted life, gleaned from official records and further brought to life with the addition of colorful memories from his closest relatives.
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About the Author:
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Timothy Parrott is a 6th-generation Iowa Citian, whose paternal ancestors settled in Iowa City as early as 1839. Other branches of the family arrived in Iowa City during subsequent decades among the hordes of German and Bohemian immigrants, who settled in the area. Tim is a linguist and translator by profession, but also profoundly interested in exploring the untapped wealth of "sleeping history," which lies buried in Iowa City's Oakland Cemetery.
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