| Armitage Avenue Transcendentalists Contributor(s): Ciezadlo, Janina (Editor), Rosemont, Penelope (Editor), Terkel, Studs (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0882862901 ISBN-13: 9780882862903 Publisher: Charles Kerr OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - Midwest - East North Central (il, In, Mi, Oh, Wi) - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: 977.311 |
| LCCN: 2009012620 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 146 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Locality - Chicago, Illinois - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The secret history of Chicago. From the South Sideas Hyde Park, to the North Beach of Rogers Park, with sidelights in the suburbs and notable stop-overs at Bughouse Square, this lively and wide-ranging book portrays a different vision of Chicago that readers will find refreshing and unforgettable. Here are real-life stories of artists, actors, musicians, post-office workers, poets and dreamers, Maxwell Street defenders and civil rights activists, longtime residents and visitors from afar, from the Worldas Fair in the 1930s to today. Stories by or about: Gale Ahrens, Nelson Algren, John Bracey Jr., Slim Brundage, Janina Ciezadlo, Carlos Cortez, Severn Darden, Leon Despres, Bernadette Devlin, Eduardo Galeano, Paul Garon, Lee Godie, Robert Green, Joseph Jablonski, Michael James, Ella Jenkins, Harry Stephen Keeler, Renay Kerkman, Maynard Krasne, Warren Lemming, General Logan, Anne McGravie, Justin OaBrien, Daniel Pinkwater, Irene Plazewska, Marie Plazewski-Horsfall, Franklin Rosemont, Penelope Rosemont, Joan Smith, and Studs Terkel. |