A Chicago Tavern: A Goat, a Curse, and the American Dream.
 Eureka!: I had an existential "A-ha!" moment in Rick Kogan's tribute to "A Chicago Tavern: a Goat, A Curse, and the American Dream." Kogan says: Around 1950, there were almost 7,000 taverns in Chicago. In 2006, there were fewer than 1, [... more]
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The Politics of Place: A History of Zoning in Chicago ...
Great for People who Love Chicago: Reviewed by Kathleen Dowdell for Reader Views (6/06) For people who love the city of Chicago or who are interested in the intricate details of how cities are laid out to accommodate diverse activity, this book was meant [... more]
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Finding Your Chicago Ancestors: A Beginners Guide To ...
How to make the most of 'hidden documents', how to overcome common records-seeking problems and much more: If your family tree includes Chicago roots, you better make sure a copy of Finding Your Chicago Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide To Family History In [... more]
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Finding Your Chicago Irish
My New Guide to Chicago: Irish Bars, restaurants, theatre, recipes, festivals, sports - this book has it all. I never thought I'd have a resource like this to take advantage of my Irish heritage in Chicago. In case I ever want to go Irish Road Bowling, [... more]
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Rule 53: Capturing Hippies, Spies, Politicians, and ...
The courtroom artist whose sketches speak as loudly as a camera: Andy Austin is a chic woman who has been a Chicago courtroom sketch artist for 40 years. Her memoir is called RULE 53; the title refers to a federal statute that prohibits photography in [... more]
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A Field Guide to Gay and Lesbian Chicago
Here, Queer and Organized: Reviewed by Rhiannon Kelly Fionn for Reader Views (08/06) "A Field Guide to Gay and Lesbian Chicago" is, by far, the very best travel guide I've ever read--and I did read it like a novel; it is that well written. I [... more]
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Today's Chicago Blues
A Must Have Guide to Chicago's Blues Scene: This book is different than other books about Chicago blues. Its journalistic style covers a lot of ground in less than 250 pages. It is contemporary in the sense that it captures the Chicago Blues scene today, [... more]
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Know More, Spend Less: A Native's Guide to Chicago
Amazon.com Review: A unique 297-page insider's budget guide to the Windy City that takes readers beyond the standard tourist grounds and highlights hundreds of free, inexpensive, and unusual things to do around town. Packed with useful information on [... more]
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The Hoofs and Guns of the Storm: Chicago's Civil War ...
An exciting compilation of history and trivia: The Hoofs And Guns Of The Storm: Chicago's Civil War Connections by Arnie Bernstein is an exciting compilation of history and trivia concerning Chicago's role in the American Civil War. Historical maps, and [... more]
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Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows: From Shock Theatre to ...
A necessary volume for Chicago TV history, horror and Svengoolie buffs: Let me start by saying I am from Chicago and I am a Chicago History buff. As a child and into my teens watching Creature Features on Channel Nine (the opening as a six year old [... more]
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A Native's Guide to Chicago, Fourth Edition
Provides "user friendly" mainstream information: Now in a thoroughly updated and significantly expanded fourth edition, A Native's Guide To Chicago continues to be the premier guide to what Chicago has to offer its residents, suburbanites, out- [... more]
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The Firefighter's Best Friend: Lives and Legends of ...
Firedog Heros: In the past few years, firefighters have gotten increased, and deserved, attention and respect. But what of "that firefighter who is on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year"? That is the way Commissioner James T. [... more]
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