Crooked politicians, gangsters, madams, and cops on the take: To Serve and Collect tells the story of Chicago during its formative years through the history of its legendary police department.

"A grimly amusing case history of big-city police and political corruption, which has achieved its purest form in Chicago."—Digby Diehl, Playboy

"Lindberg has written a book in the grand tradition of Herman Kogan, Lloyd Wendt, and Mike Royko. . . . To Serve and Collect is chock-full of the colorful characters with improbable nicknames, outrageous events, and enlivening anecdotes that have earned Chicago its long-established reputation as a freewheeling,wide-open city where the bad guys have hearts of gold and the good guys feet of clay."—Illinois Historical Journal

"An insightful, thorough, provoking book that will raise the ire of a few and bring resounding applause from the many."—John Jemilo, Deputy Superintendent (retired), Chicago Police Department