Is There Only One Chicago?
Author | : Kenan Heise |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Kenan Heise |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Donald L. Miller |
Publisher | : Rosetta Books |
Total Pages | : 1084 |
Release | : 2014-04-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0795339852 |
“A wonderfully readable account of Chicago’s early history” and the inspiration behind PBS’s American Experience (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). Depicting its turbulent beginnings to its current status as one of the world’s most dynamic cities, City of the Century tells the story of Chicago—and the story of America, writ small. From its many natural disasters, including the Great Fire of 1871 and several cholera epidemics, to its winner-take-all politics, dynamic business empires, breathtaking architecture, its diverse cultures, and its multitude of writers, journalists, and artists, Chicago’s story is violent, inspiring, passionate, and fascinating from the first page to the last. The winner of the prestigious Great Lakes Book Award, given to the year’s most outstanding books highlighting the American heartland, City of the Century has received consistent rave reviews since its publication in 1996, and was made into a six-hour film airing on PBS’s American Experience series. Written with energetic prose and exacting detail, it brings Chicago’s history to vivid life. “With City of the Century, Miller has written what will be judged as the great Chicago history.” —John Barron, Chicago Sun-Times “Brims with life, with people, surprise, and with stories.” —David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of John Adams and Truman “An invaluable companion in my journey through Old Chicago.” —Erik Larson, New York Times–bestselling author of The Devil in the White City
Author | : Chris Agos |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Acting |
ISBN | : 9780982886304 |
Author | : Doris E. Bookhart |
Publisher | : Tate Publishing |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2007-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1602472815 |
Can God use an old lady who lives in a condo with her cat and computer? Doris Bookhart, the author of There's Only One Me, would answer with a resounding 'Yes!' Her cat, Smokey, would say that God can also use a mischievous cat! You're sure to become instant fans of Doris and Smokey when you read their new book There's Only One Me. Doris, a 64 year old widow, decided to fill the empty hours after her husband's death by writing a daily e-mail devotion. She uses a sense of humor and her unique outlook on life to share the lessons she learns from everyday events. Her readers began as a few friends and family, but soon expanded to hundreds of people in over ten states. See for yourself what won their hearts!
Author | : Eric Charles May |
Publisher | : Akashic Books |
Total Pages | : 439 |
Release | : 2014-02-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1617752096 |
An ex-convict returns to his Chicago community a changed man—but maybe not for the better—in this “vivid, suspenseful, funny, and compassionate novel” (Booklist). One of Booklist’s Top 10 First Novels of the Year One of Roxane Gay’s Top 10 Books of the Year After fourteen years in prison, Gerald “Stew Pot” Reeves, age thirty-one, returns home to live with his mom in Parkland, a black middle-class neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The residents are in a tailspin, dreading the arrival of the man they remember as a frightening delinquent. The anxiety only grows when Stew Pot announces that he experienced a religious awakening in prison. Most folks are skeptical, with one notable exception: Mrs. Motley, a widowed retired librarian and the Reeves’ next-door neighbor, who loans Stew Pot a Bible, which is seen by him and many in the community as a friendly gesture. With uncompromising fervor (and with a new pit bull named John the Baptist), Stew Pot soon appoints himself the moral judge of Parkland—and starts wreaking havoc on people’s lives. Before long, tension and suspicion reign, and this close-knit community must reckon with questions of faith, fear, and forgiveness . . . “[A] novel of epiphanies, tragedies, and transformations . . . perfect for book clubs.” —Booklist, starred review “May slowly builds suspense as he persuasively unfolds the narrative in this work that reads like an Agatha Christie mystery.” —Library Journal “A wonderful urban novel full of vitality and pathos and grit.” —Dennis Lehane
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee Under House Resolution 344 |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 836 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Paper industry |
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Author | : Ted LoCascio |
Publisher | : Que Publishing |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 0789748428 |
Presents step-by-step instructions on using Adobe Muse, covering such topics as creating and managing a website page, customizing prebuilt slideshow and composition widgets, pinning graphics to the browser, and applying effects.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1256 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Susan Blumberg-Kason |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2024-09-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0252047303 |
Born in Hong Kong, Bernie Wong moved to the United States in the early 1960s to attend college. A decade later, she cofounded the Chinese American Service League (CASL) to help meet the needs of the city’s isolated Chinese immigrants. Susan Blumberg-Kason draws on extensive interviews to profile the community and social justice organization. Weaving Wong’s intimate account of her own life story through the CASL’s larger history, Blumberg-Kason follows the group from its origins to its emergence as a robust social network that connects Chinatown residents to everything from daycare to immigration services to culinary education. Blumberg-Kason also traces CASL activism on issues like fair housing and violence against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. At once intimate and broad in scope, When Friends Come from Afar uses one woman’s life to illuminate a bedrock Chicago institution.
Author | : Craig Sanders |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2006-05-11 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0253027934 |
"Craig Sanders has done an excellent job of research . . . his treatment is as comprehensive as anyone could reasonably wish for, and solidly based. In addition, he succeeds in making it all clear as well as any human can. He also manages to inject enough humor and human interest to keep the reader moving." —Herbert H. Harwood, author of The Lake Shore Electric Railway Story and Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers A complete history of Amtrak operations in the heartland, this volume describes conditions that led to the passage of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, the formation and implementation of Amtrak in 1970–71, and the major factors that have influenced Amtrak operations since its inception. More than 140 photographs and 3 maps bring to life the story as told by Sanders. This book will become indispensable to train enthusiasts through its examination of Americans' long-standing fascination with passenger trains. When it began in 1971, many expected Amtrak to last about three years before going out of existence for lack of business, but the public's continuing support of funding for Amtrak has enabled it and the passenger train to survive despite seemingly insurmountable odds.