The staff at Poor Richard’s Books has suggestions for May reading

Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book stores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Poor Richard’s Books & Gifts in Colorado Springs recommends some Denver history, the adventures of a bookseller and an odd fantasy.

Gangbuster: One Man’s Battle Against Crime, Corruption and the Klan

By Alan Prendergast
Citadel Press
$28
March 2023
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From the publisher: At the height of the roaring 1920s, the ex-frontier town of Denver, Colorado, emerged from the postwar boom as the future of the American city. But the slick façade of progress and opportunity masked a murky stew of organized crime, elaborate swindles, and widespread government corruption. One man risked everything to alter…