THE BOOK OF CHICAGO

Langue : anglais

Edité par THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 1920

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THERE IS A BOOK OWNER'S INK SIGNATURE ON THE FIRST FREE END PAGE.THE BOOK HAS 25 CHAPTERS WITH 61 ILLUSTRATIONS BY HERBERT PULLINGER. HIS INK DRAWINGS ARE WITH THE CHAPTERS. THIS 1920 CHICAGO HISTORY BY A BRITISH LIBRARIAN AND LINGUIST IS BEST DESCRIBED AS A PROSE POEM OF PRAISE FOR CHICAGO. THE AUTHOR DWELLS ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF CHICAGO'S HISTORY FROM ITS BEGINNINGS UNTIL1930. THE BOOK PROVIDES AN ENTERTAINING REVIEW OF CHICAGO'S EARLY HISTORY, AS WELL AS THE EARLY 20 th CENTURY CHICAGO ART, MUSIC, WRITERS, BUSINESS, PARKS, MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, SOCIAL CLUBS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. THERE ARE CHAPTERS ON LINCOLN PARK. PRAIRIE AVENUE, THE GOLD COAST, THE ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE NORTH SHORE SUBURBS. NOTABLE MAYORS ARE VIEWED IN A POSITIVE MANNER .THE ERUDITE WRITING, AND THE SHORT POETRY INSERTS ALONG WITH THE AUTHOR'S KNOWLEDGE OF CLASSICAL ART AND ANCIENT WRITINGS PROVIDES AN ENTERTAINING ASPECT OF A HISTORY BOOK. THE AUTHOR'S HUMOR AND APROPOS QUOTATIONS BY OTHER AUTHORS ADD TO THE READING ENJOYMENT OF THIS HISTORY. THERE ARE VISITS TO THE ART INSTITUTE , LINCOLN PARK, JACKSON PARK AFTER THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION AND OTHER PARKS, INTERESTING MONUMENTS THAT NO LONGER EXIST, HULL HOUSE, ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOODS, THE GOLD COAST, THE NORTH AND SOUTH SUBURBS, THE INDIANA SAND DUNES, THE STEEL MILLS AND ITS WORKERS ALONG WITH THE AUTHOR'S SUBTLE HUMOR AND HIS KNOWLEDGEOF LITERATURE. THERE ARE BRIEF QUOTATIONS OF POETRY FROM CHICAGO'S EUGENE FIELD, BERT L. TAYLOR AND OTHERS. THE BOOK IS A PRAISE POEM TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHICAGO AND ITS MIGRANT POPULACE. OTHER CHAPTERS CONTAIN SUBJECTS ABOUT STREETERVILLE, CHICAGO'S 1893 WORLD FAIR, THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAO, VARIOUS CLUBS, THE CHICAGO'S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND NOTABLE CHICAGO WRITERS. OF ALL THE CHICAGO HISTORYS THAT I HAVE READ OVER THE YEARS, THIS BOOK WAS THE MOST ENJOYABLE.…

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Titre
THE BOOK OF CHICAGO
Auteur
ROBERT SHACKLETON
Éditeur
THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PA
Année de publication
1920
État de l'article
Very Good
Jaquette
Very Good
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
Illustrateur
HERBERT PULLINGER
Édition
1st Edition
Dimensions
5 1/2" x 8"

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