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- 5 visitors recommend:
The Old Chicago Neighborhood: Remembering Life in the 1940s
Source: Chicago's Neighborhoods, Inc.
Author: Neal Samors and Michael Williams
- "Combining more than 100 duotone images with stories from over 125 Chicagoans, this volume looks back fondly at daily life, the war years, sports and recreation, and entertainment in Chicago's neighborhoods" in the 1940s.
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- 4 visitors recommend:
To Serve and Collect: Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal: 1855-1960
Source: Amazon
Author: Richard Lindberg
- From an Amazon reader: "I'm an avowed Chicago history buff and found references in this book that simply cannot be found anywhere else. The bibliography alone has led to me several other books on the topic, which is appreciated. Really brought the city to life, and made you want to search out the street corners in question." (1998)
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Great Chicago Stories: Portraits and Stories
Source: Amazon
Author: Tom Maday and Sam Landers (editors)
- From an Amazon reader: "This book captures the personality of our amazing city, in all its honesty, in all its glory!" (1994)
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Lost Chicago
Source: Amazon
Author: David Garrard Lowe
- From an Amazon reader: "First issued in 1975, this book captures the magnitude and the magnificence of Chicago's architectural legacy that has been destroyed (by nature and man). Today Chicago is widely regarded as an architectural jewel (and it is, I live there!) but after reading this book you won't be able to stop imagining how much more amazing the city might be if the Urban Renewal movement of the 1960s and early 1970s had never happened. If you are interested in architechture, Chicago history or urban design and planning, read this book!" (2000)
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- 4 visitors recommend:
Return to the Scene of the Crime: A Guide to Infamous Places in Chicago
Source: Amazon
Author: Richard Lindberg
- From an Amazon reader: "However lurid, however horrifying, however infamous, Speck, Gacy, the Lexington Hotel, the Summerdale police scandal -- these are all indelible parts of our town's history, and Lindberg writes of them with the sort of expertise that can only be gained from intimate familiarity, some from word of mouth, some from the papers, some from dusty files in ancient cabinets." (1999)
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- 3 visitors recommend:
The Chicago Cubs
Source: Amazon
Author: Jerome Holtzman and Warren Brown
- From an Amazon reader: "If you're a Cub fan, or a fan of baseball history, you will like this book. It covers the team from their beginnings in the 1800's through the 1945 World Series. Mr. Brown's writing style keeps things moving." (1946, 2001)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Baseball, Chicago Style: A Tale Of Two Teams, One City
Source: Amazon
Author: Jerome Holtzman and George Vass
- From an Amazon reader: "Being a lifelong cubs fan, this book has everything for both the cubs and sox fan. The book does a wonderful job of going back and forth between both team through the good times (which is few) and the bleek times (more often) ... I couldn't put it down." (2001)
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