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Chicago Flashback The People and Events That Shaped a City's History

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

14.11.2017

Verlag

Agate Publishing

Seitenzahl

400

Maße (L/B/H)

28,7/22,3/2,7 cm

Gewicht

1597 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-57284-235-9

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

14.11.2017

Verlag

Agate Publishing

Seitenzahl

400

Maße (L/B/H)

28,7/22,3/2,7 cm

Gewicht

1597 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-57284-235-9

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

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  • Produktbild: Chicago Flashback
  • INTRODUCTION
    Happy birthday, Chicago

    CHAPTER ONE:
    Pageantry and Progress
    Ferris¿ wheel deal
    The Second City¿s second world¿s fair
    The dingy city
    Raising Chicago out of the mud
    In a rush, the river is reversed
    The Ward-Field museum fight
    Of hobos, tramps and bums
    Navy Pier¿s zany past
    Wrigley: Star of the skyline
    Tribune Tower a winner

    CHAPTER TWO:
    Transportation
    `L¿ defines the city
    `Ain¿t no road just like it¿
    Those @#$%&! bridge-tenders!
    Before Uber, there was jitney
    Land grab to Loop flood
    Midway¿s ups and downs
    Air show daredevils
    Chicago, cycling capital
    CHAPTER THREE:
    Business, Labor and Industry
    Built with steel
    `Hog butcher for the world¿
    Marching off the job
    Raise a glass to barmaids
    Sears, the Amazon of its day
    Arsenal of Democracy
    When candy was dandy
    Chicagös original Mad Men
    Christmas stockings

    CHAPTER FOUR:
    Innovation and Social Change
    Illinois women win the vote
    When polio was defeated
    From dog pound to humane society
    When King came to town
    Saluting the Moon Men
    Before Roe v. Wade, the Jane
    Collective

    CHAPTER FIVE:
    Politics
    Barack Obamäs historic election
    The accidental mayor
    Capone¿s battle for Cicero
    `Tell Chicago I¿ll pull through¿
    The Lager Beer Riot
    Why JFK came to town
    Byrne vs. the Machine
    Mourning Harold Washington

    CHAPTER SIX:
    Crime and Vice
    Chicago, the sin city
    The great grain gamble
    White City¿s serial killer
    No ordinary whorehouse
    Darrow¿s courtroom eloquence
    When gangsters were celebrities
    Four who got Capone
    When policy kings ruled
    Sisters¿ deaths changed city
    Casino? What casino?

    CHAPTER SEVEN:
    Passion and Protest
    1968¿s `police riot¿
    A racial tinderbox
    Chicago and the KKK
    The Battle of Fort Dearborn
    When cab wars were wars
    Republic Steel: riot or massacre?
    Chaos after King slaying
    1970 concert was true riot fest
    Disastrous Black Panther Raid
    The neo-Nazis vs. Skokie

    CHAPTER EIGHT:
    Disasters
    Mrs. O¿Leary¿s legend
    Three deadly infernos
    `L¿ leaps off Loop rails
    Eastland: Joy turns to horror
    Flu hit hard and fast in 1918
    1918 circus train wreck
    McCormick Place in ruins

    CHAPTER NINE:
    Sports
    Auto racing¿s birthplace
    When speedskating was king
    Civil war: Cubs vs. Sox
    Pulling no punches
    Red Grange¿s amazing run
    Public Enemy No. 1 was baseball fan
    Tidye Pickett¿s legacy
    Girls of summer played in skirts
    Go-Go Sox win pennant
    Marathoners vs. the mighty lake
    Our kind of sport¿right off the bat

    CHAPTER TEN:
    Arts and Culture
    When the Stones played Bronzeville
    Dance-hall romance
    Theaters become movie palaces
    Where Hollywood legends changed trains
    Buffalo Bill: Urban cowboy
    Sinatra and the Chicago mob
    The Beatles invade Chicago
    Two faces of South Shore

    CHAPTER ELEVEN:
    Amusement
    19th Century `Tinder¿? Personal ads
    Bud Billiken marches on
    Summer fun: Go sit in a tree
    Remember Riverview?
    State Street magic
    For orphans, a yearly joy ride

    CHAPTER TWELVE:
    Colorful Characters
    Nelson Algren
    Bill Veeck
    King of the con men
    Polish Robin Hoods
    Daniel Burnham
    The Washington Porter clan
    Captain George Streeter
    Mother Jones
    Maurine Watkins
    `The world¿s richest cop¿
    Jane Addams
    Ralph Metcalfe