Plot
Amidst corruption political scandal and fiscal crisis 26yearold activist Will Guzzardi believes that he can mobilize a movement to upend Illinois political machine But he chose to run against the daughter of one of the best connected pols in Chicago and the establishment is not going to let her go down without a fight THE 39TH follows Guzzardi as he fights to win over a changing neighborhood block by block and comes to terms with how far the machine will go to hang on to power