Hidden History Of Ravenswood And Lake View

Author : Patrick Butler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614238706

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Hidden History of Ravenswood and Lake View by Patrick Butler Pdf

It's easy to get caught up in the hidden history of Ravenswood and Lake View, like the Harm's Park picnic that lasted fifty-four years or the political gimmickry of the "Cowboy Mayor" of Chicago. Who can resist a double take over folk like the "Father of Ravenswood," who kept Chicago from falling to the Confederacy, or the "North Side's Benedict Arnold," who was sent to the electric chair during World War II? If you want to visit the days when the Cubs were the Spuds or debate whether Ravenswood is an actual neighborhood or just a state of mind, do it with longtime North Side journalist Patrick Butler in this curio shop of forgotten people and places.

Author : Matthew Nickerson with a Foreword by Norman J. Dinkel Jr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467111195

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Lake View by Matthew Nickerson with a Foreword by Norman J. Dinkel Jr. Pdf

The Lake View neighborhood, located on Chicago s north side, is known today for its celebrities, million-dollar homes, and Wrigley Field, but it was once a very different community. The English language now rules where shopkeepers once risked rebuke if they did not speak German. Expensive restaurants stand where America s celery capital once thrived. Pricey homes sell where a Chicago sausage king once committed a grisly murder. This chronicle memorializes boxing and Bishop Bernard Sheil at St. Andrew Parish, meals at Kuhn s Deli on Lincoln Avenue, the corner stores of the Terra Cotta neighborhood, and the snowstorm of 1967, capturing the spirit that helped Lake View endure troubled times to become one of Chicago s most iconic neighborhoods."

Author : Patrick Butler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625853738

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Hidden History of Lincoln Park by Patrick Butler Pdf

Before Lincoln Park cemented its trendy reputation, plenty of odd and unruly history managed to settle into its foundation. A Viking ship, mob henchmen and ladies of the evening all took up residence in the same part of town where Dwight L. Moody went from selling soles to saving souls. Thanks to a Confederate ferryboat crewman, many of Lincoln's personal effects belong to the neighborhood named after him. Patrick Butler uncovers Lincoln Park's forgotten contributions to Chicago's heritage, from the "Pleasure Wheel" on Navy Pier to the city's cycling craze.

Author : Patrick Butler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625845986

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Hidden History of Uptown and Edgewater by Patrick Butler Pdf

If there's any place in Chicago that's been all things to all men, it has to be the corner of the city that is occupied by Edgewater and Uptown. Babe Ruth and Mahatma Gandhi found a place of refuge at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, but the locale has also been a sanctuary for Appalachian coal miners and Japanese Americans released from internment camps. Al Capone reportedly moved booze through a secret tunnel connecting the Green Mill and the Aragon Ballroom, "Burglar Cops" moonlit out of the Summerdale police station and a "Kitchen Revolt" by some not-very-ordinary housewives sent once-invulnerable machine ward boss Marty Tuchow on his way to Club Fed. Ferret out the hidden history of Uptown and Edgewater with veteran beat reporter Patrick Butler in this curio shop of forgotten people and places..

Author : Patrick Butler
Publisher : Hidden History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1626191433

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Hidden History of Uptown & Edgewater by Patrick Butler Pdf

If any place in Chicago has been all things to all men, it has to be the corner of the city that is occupied by Edgewater and Uptown. Babe Ruth and Mahatma Gandhi found a place of refuge at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, but the locale has also been a sanctuary for Appalachian coal miners and Japanese Americans released from internment camps. Al Capone reportedly moved booze through a secret tunnel connecting the Green Mill and the Aragon Ballroom, Burglar Cops moonlit out of the Summerdale police station, and a Kitchen Revolt by some not-very-ordinary housewives sent once-invulnerable machine ward boss Marty Tuchow on his way to Club Fed. Ferret out the hidden history of Uptown and Edgewater with veteran beat reporter Patrick Butler in this curio shop of forgotten people and places..

Author : Gerald C. Wood,Andrew Hazucha
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786436231

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Northsiders by Gerald C. Wood,Andrew Hazucha Pdf

This collection of 19 essays examine the role of baseball's Cubs in the history and politics of Chicago. They focus on topics such as the rise of a nationwide fan base through the long reach of superstation WGN; the local uses and views of icons Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, and Ryne Sandberg; historical divides along lines of race (on the field) and class (in the stands); Wrigley Field as a public space both sacred and cursed; the importance of local and nationwide media coverage; and the Cubs' impact on Chicago music and literature.

Author : Jessica Mlinaric
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781681060705

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Secret Chicago: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Jessica Mlinaric Pdf

Embark on a scavenger hunt to the unknown and unusual corners of Chicago. This endlessly interesting city is home to tales as tall as our skyscrapers and secrets as deep as our pizzas. Explore a side of Chicago you’ve never seen, from a grave in a junkyard to a pool under the Loop. Discover where you can picnic on a nuclear pylon or snorkel a Lake Michigan shipwreck. Visit the site of the Western Hemisphere’s largest mass grave or run away to the circus in a church. Do you know where to find the birthplace of gospel music and a final resting place for Cubs fans? Surprises are hiding everywhere in Chicago, from a chapel atop a Loop skyscraper to an art gallery in a Beverly fieldhouse. From an energy vortex in Fulton Market to a salt cave in Portage Park, follow Secret Chicago across the city’s neighborhoods and into its little-known history. Find oddities and inspiration in Chicago’s uncommon sites, including hidden attractions, haunted locales, and unique landmarks. This guide delivers answers to questions around town that you didn’t even know you had and proves that when it comes to secrets, Chicago is second to none.

Author : Sam Weller
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781550224931

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Secret Chicago by Sam Weller Pdf

The Unique Guidebook to Chicago's Hidden Sites, Sounds & Tastes

Author : David Witter
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467152280

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Distilled in Chicago: A History by David Witter Pdf

From the mash in pioneer stills to the Malört in a hipster's shot glass , David Witter explores how liquor has influenced nearly two centuries of Chicago's existence. Follow the trickle of alcohol through Chicago's history, starting with the town's first three permanent businesses: The Wolf, Green Tree and Eagle Exchange Taverns. Stir together stories from the Peoria Whiskey Trust and the Temperance Movement. The cocktails that lubricated the Levee District may have set up Chicago's first gangsters, but Prohibition-era bootleggers would change the city's identity forever. Post-Prohibition alcohol helped to create vast fortunes for Chicago based families and corporations, and the new Millennium saw KOVAL usher in a new era small and craft distilleries throughout Chicagoland. Sample a spirited history of the Windy City.

Author : Mary Balogh
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593438138

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Remember Love by Mary Balogh Pdf

“One of the best.” – Julia Quinn The beloved queen of Regency romance is back with a brand-new story perfect for fans of Bridgerton. The handsome and charismatic Earl of Stratton, Caleb Ware, has been exposed to the ton for his clandestine affairs—by his own son. As a child, Devlin Ware thought his family stood for all that was right and good in the world. They were kind, gracious, and shared the beauty of Ravenswood, their grand country estate, by hosting lavish parties for the entire countryside. But at twenty-two, he discovered his whole world was an elaborate illusion, and when Devlin publicly called his family to account for it, he was exiled as a traitor. So be it. He enlisted in the fight against Napoleon and didn’t look back for six years. But now his father is dead, the Ware family is broken, and as the heir he is being called home. It’s only when Gwyneth Rhys—the woman he loved and then lost after his family banished him—holds out her hand to help him that he is able make the difficult journey and try to piece together his fractured family. It is Gwyneth’s loyalty, patience, and love that he needs. But is Devlin’s war-hardened heart even capable of offering her love in return?

Author : Edward Brooke-Hitching
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781398503564

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The Devil's Atlas by Edward Brooke-Hitching Pdf

'Very beautiful and illuminating' Mariella Frostrup Edward Brooke-Hitching, author of the international bestseller The Phantom Atlas delivers an atlas unlike any other. The Devil’s Atlas is an illustrated guide to the heavens, hells and lands of the dead as imagined throughout history by cultures and religions around the world. Packed with colourful maps, paintings and captivating stories, the reader is taken on a compelling tour of the geography, history and supernatural populations of the afterworlds of cultures around the globe. Whether it’s the thirteen heavens of the Aztecs, the Chinese Taoist netherworld of ‘hungry ghosts’, or the ‘Hell of the Flaming Rooster’ of Japanese Buddhist mythology (in which sinners are tormented by an enormous fire-breathing cockerel), The Devil’s Atlas gathers together a wonderful variety of beliefs and representations of life after death. These afterworlds are illustrated with an unprecedented collection of images, ranging from the marvellous ‘infernal cartography’ of the European Renaissance artists attempting to map the structured Hell described by Dante and the decorative Islamic depictions of Paradise to the various efforts to map the Garden of Eden and the spiritual vision paintings of nineteenth-century mediums. The Devil’s Atlas accompanies beautiful images with a highly readable trove of surprising facts and narratives, from the more inventive torture methods awaiting sinners, to colourful eccentric catalogues of demons, angels and assorted death deities. A traveller’s guide to worlds unseen, The Devil’s Atlas is a fascinating study of the boundless capacity of human invention, a visual chronicle of man’s hopes, fears and fantasies of what lies beyond.

Author : Eugene Glass
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Dogs
ISBN : UOM:39015080367868

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The Dog Fancier by Eugene Glass Pdf

Author : David Sadowski
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-12
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781439672914

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Chicago's Lost "L"s by David Sadowski Pdf

Chicago's system of elevated railways, known locally as the "L," has run continuously since 1892 and, like the city, has never stood still. It helped neighborhoods grow, brought their increasingly diverse populations together, and gave the famous Loop its name. But today's system has changed radically over the years. Chicago's Lost "L"s tells the story of former lines such as Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, Kenwood, Stockyards, Normal Park, Westchester, and Niles Center. It was once possible to take high-speed trains on the L directly to Aurora, Elgin, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The L started out as four different companies, two starting out using steam engines instead of electricity. Eventually, all four came together via the Union Loop. The L is more than a way of getting around. Its trains are a place where people meet and interact. Some say the best way to experience the city is via the L, with its second-story view. Chicago's Lost "L"s is virtually a "secret history" of Chicago, and this is your ticket.

Author : George R. Zepp
Publisher : Hidden History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1596297921

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Hidden History of Nashville by George R. Zepp Pdf

Perched on the banks of the Cumberland River, Nashville is best known for its role in the civil rights movement, world-class education and, of course, country music. In this unique collection of columns, longtime journalist and Tennessee native George Zepp illuminates a less familiar side of the city. Learn the secrets of Timothy Demonbreun, one of the city s first residents who lived with his family in a cliff-top cave; Cortelia Clark, the blind bluesman who continued to perform on street corners after winning a Grammy award; and Nashville s own Cinderella story, which involved legendary radio personality Edgar Bergen and his ventriloquist protege. Cleverly rendered, using questions from readers across the nation, these little-known tales abound with Music City mystery and charm."

Author : Sherri H. Hoffman,Kase Johnstun,Mary VanLeeuwen Johnstun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1626193401

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Utah Reflections by Sherri H. Hoffman,Kase Johnstun,Mary VanLeeuwen Johnstun Pdf

"A collection of essays about Utah's Wasatch Front"--