The Colonel of Chicago / by Gies, Joseph

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Chicago blues : portraits and stories / by Whiteis, David

Table of Contents: “…Florence's Lounge : memories of an urban juke ; Maxwell Street : last dance at the carnival of the soul ; "Let's go, baby, to the Hole in the Wall" : clubbing along the current Chicago scene -- Torch-bearers. Jody Williams : return of a legend ; Bonnie Lee : "When I'm up there, I lets everything out" ; Billy Branch : "It's the most powerful music on the planet" ; Sharon Lewis : "I've lived through some treacherous times" ; Lurrie Bell : "God, give me strength to be strong" -- The soul side of town. …”

The Chicago of fiction : a resource guide / by Kaser, James A., 1960-

Subjects: “…American fiction Illinois Chicago Bio-bibliography.…”

Chicago Heights : Little Joe College, the Outfit, and the fall of Sam Giancana / by Hager, Charles, 1950-, Miller, David T.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Foreword; Prologue; Introduction; 1. Triply Damned; 2. Chicago, Uncle Columbus, and a New Life; 3. The Pride of Dingess; 4. …”
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Tales of forgotten Chicago / by Lindberg, Richard C., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Twenty-One Tales of Old Chicago -- The Brothers Booth -- The Family O'Leary and the Rest of the Story -- Four Butchers Trying to Go to Heaven -- Elisha Gray and the Invention of the Telephone -- Crime and Punishment and the First Policewoman -- Where Time Began -- The Scarlet Letter Verdict -- The Lakefront Forever Open, Clear, and Free -- The Haunting of the Schuttler House -- Stars and Bars and the Symbol of a City -- America's First Automobile Race -- The Rouse Simmons and Chicago's First Christmas Tree -- Wrigley Field before the Cubs -- The Last Supper . . . …”
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A corner of Chicago / by Andrews, Robert Hardy, 1908-1999

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McCormick of Chicago; an unconventional portrait of a controversial figure, by Waldrop, Frank C.

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Chicago jazz and then some : as told by one of the original Chicagoans, Jess Stacy / by Dmytryk, Jean Porter

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Chicago's most wanted : the top 10 book of murderous mobsters, midway monsters, and windy city oddities / by Enright, Laura, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…. -- Jazz. -- Blues. -- Chicago rocks. -- The Sox. -- The Cubs. -- The Bears. -- The Bulls. -- The Blackhawks. -- Infamous females. -- Landmarks. -- Radio. -- Museums. -- Names you should know. -- Live from Chicago. -- The gangsters. -- Clubbing then and now. -- Cameos. -- Television. -- Rare gems. -- Food. -- Infamous males. -- Planes, trains, automobiles. -- Sayings better left unsaid. -- Hauntings.…”
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Becoming Judy Chicago a biography of the artist / by Levin, Gail, 1948-

Subjects: “…Chicago, Judy, 1939-…”
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Becoming Judy Chicago : a biography of the artist / by Levin, Gail, 1948-

Subjects: “…Chicago, Judy, 1939-…”
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The bench and bar of Chicago : biographical sketches : with steel engraved portraits.

Subjects: “…Lawyers Illinois Chicago Biography.…”
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Fortune and faith in old Chicago : a dual biography of Mayor Augustus Garrett and seminary founder Eliza Clark Garrett / by Cosgrove, Charles H.

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Encyclopedia of the Chicago Literary Renaissance / by Pinkerton, Jan, 1934-

Subjects: “…American literature Illinois Chicago Encyclopedias.…”

Chicago reminiscences and professional correspondence / by Ulrey, Harry F.

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Bringing Aztlán to Mexican Chicago : my life, my work, my art / by González, José Gamaliel, 1933-

“…Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest.…”
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Chicago's greatest year, 1893 : the White City and the birth of a modern metropolis / by Gustaitis, Joseph, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…The White City and the Gray City -- Three Museums and a Library -- Sears, Roebuck and Company -- Frances Willard's Bicycle -- Open-Heart Surgery -- A Church for Father Tolton -- The Illinois Institute of Technology -- The Birth of Urban Literature -- The West Side Grounds -- The Chicago Hot Dog -- Wrigley's Gum -- The Chicago School of Architecture -- Reforming Chicago -- Epidemics and Clean Water -- Epilogue : Chicago's Next Great Year.…”
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The merchant prince of Black Chicago : Anthony Overton and the building of a financial empire / by Weems, Robert E., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…A Star Is Born: Initial Years in Chicago -- 3. The Half-Century Magazine: 1916-1925 -- 4. …”
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A grounded identidad : making new lives in Chicago's Puerto Rican neighborhoods / by Rúa, Mérida M.

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Field Trips and Field Notes : Reflections on Memory and Neighborhoods -- A Female Network of Domestics, Student Allies, and Social Workers -- "Non-Resident Persons," "Nationalists," and the Puerto Ricans of Chicago -- Neighborhood Obituaries, Resilient Communities -- Overlapping Diasporas, Tangled Relations -- Rites of Passage, Memory, and Personhood -- Epilogue: Communities of Reciprocal Knowledge -- Methodology and Sources -- Appendix A: Consent Form -- Appendix B: Forma de consentimiento -- Appendix C: Interview Questions -- Appendix D: Preguntas de la entrevista.…”

Maxwell Street : survival in a bazaar / by Berkow, Ira

Subjects: “…Streets Illinois Chicago.…”