The "Street Gypsies" as described by the author, is about the urban underclass of street characters who lived in Chicago's Uptown community during the 1970s. They were a society of free spirits. They were sometimes unsavory but, almost always, colorful characters who were street hustlers surviving on the streets by wit and whim. The culture was probably a manifestation of the times. During those years, there was rampant unemployment and inflation in America. Also, it was a time of social unrest and rebellion that spawned a number of radical groups. There was an anti-establishment climate that...