The Great Chicago Lake Tunnel
Author : Jack Wing
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN :
Author : Jack Wing
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN :
Author : Caxton Club
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 18,94 MB
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 022646850X
Despite its rough-and-tumble image, Chicago has long been identified as a city where books take center stage. In fact, a volume by A. J. Liebling gave the Second City its nickname. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle arose from the midwestern capital’s most infamous industry. The great Chicago Fire led to the founding of the Chicago Public Library. The city has fostered writers such as Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Chicago’s literary magazines The Little Review and Poetry introduced the world to Eliot, Hemingway, Joyce, and Pound. The city’s robust commercial printing industry supported a flourishing culture of the book. With this beautifully produced collection, Chicago’s rich literary tradition finally gets its due. Chicago by the Book profiles 101 landmark publications about Chicago from the past 170 years that have helped define the city and its image. Each title—carefully selected by the Caxton Club, a venerable Chicago bibliophilic organization—is the focus of an illustrated essay by a leading scholar, writer, or bibliophile. Arranged chronologically to show the history of both the city and its books, the essays can be read in order from Mrs. John H. Kinzie’s 1844 Narrative of the Massacre of Chicago to Sara Paretsky’s 2015 crime novel Brush Back. Or one can dip in and out, savoring reflections on the arts, sports, crime, race relations, urban planning, politics, and even Mrs. O’Leary’s legendary cow. The selections do not shy from the underside of the city, recognizing that its grit and graft have as much a place in the written imagination as soaring odes and boosterism. As Neil Harris observes in his introduction, “Even when Chicagoans celebrate their hearth and home, they do so while acknowledging deep-seated flaws.” At the same time, this collection heartily reminds us all of what makes Chicago, as Norman Mailer called it, the “great American city.” With essays from, among others, Ira Berkow, Thomas Dyja, Ann Durkin Keating, Alex Kotlowitz, Toni Preckwinkle, Frank Rich, Don Share, Carl Smith, Regina Taylor, Garry Wills, and William Julius Wilson; and featuring works by Saul Bellow, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sandra Cisneros, Clarence Darrow, Erik Larson, David Mamet, Studs Terkel, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Frank Lloyd Wright, and many more.
Author : Jack Wing
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 44,4 MB
Release : 2018-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781377365534
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Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 31,38 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Catalogs, Union
ISBN :
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Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 10,99 MB
Release : 2016-11-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781334188794
Excerpt from The Great Chicago Lake Tunnel: The Causes Which Led to Its Conception, the Great Undertaking, Obstacles Encountered, How the Work Was Performed, Launch of the Crib, Etc.; Together With Sketches of the Visits of Several Illustrious Parties to the Works Stencil Plates for Barrels, Boxes and Clothing, Seals and Presses, Cancelling Stamps, Steel Stamps, Letters and Figures, Burning Brands, Baggage Checks, Harness Letters, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Jack Wing
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 26,73 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781289385095
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author : Historical Records Survey (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 15,93 MB
Release : 1938
Category : American literature
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Author : Avero Publications Limited
Publisher :
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 11,33 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780907977346
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 26,98 MB
Release : 1942
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Author : R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
Publisher :
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 1980
Category : United States
ISBN :