The devoted journalists at the Chicago Tribune have been reporting the city's news for 170 years. As a result, the paper has amassed an inimitable, as-it-happened history of its hometown, a city first incorporated in 1837 that rapidly grew to become the third-largest city in the United States. Since 2011, the Chicago Tribune has been mining its vast archive of photos and stories for its weekly feature Chicago Flashback, which deals with the significant people and events that have shaped the city's history and culture from the paper's founding in 1847 to the present day.
Now the editors of the Tribune have carefully collected the best, most interesting Chicago Flashback features into a single coffee-table volume. Each story is accompanied by at least one black-and-white image from the paper's fabled photo vault located deep below Michigan Avenue's famed Tribune Tower. Chicago Flashback offers readers a unique perspective on the city's long and colorful history.
By:
Chicago Tribune Staff
Imprint: Surrey Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 279mm,
Width: 215mm,
ISBN: 9781572842359
ISBN 10: 1572842350
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 20 February 2018
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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 Chicago’s 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 Obama’s 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
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