Hidden History Of Uptown And Edgewater

Author : Patrick Butler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 45,6 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 : David Nelson
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781641604888

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Boys Enter the House by David Nelson Pdf

"Here is a work that emphasizes the full view of the lives of those young people that Gacy took. . . . It is essentially the Gacy story in reverse. Victims first." —Jeff Coen, author of Murder in Canaryville As investigators brought out the bagged remains of several dozen young men from a small Chicago ranch home and paraded them in front of a crowd of TV reporters and spectators, attention quickly turned to the owner of the house. John Gacy was an upstanding citizen, active in local politics and charities, famous for his themed parties and appearances as Pogo the Clown. But in the winter of 1978–79, he became known as one of many so-called "sex murderers" who had begun gaining notoriety in the random brutality of the 1970s. As public interest grew rapidly, victims became footnotes and statistics, lives lost not just to violence, but to history. Through the testimony of siblings, parents, friends, lovers, and other witnesses close to the case, Boys Enter the House retraces the footsteps of these victims as they make their way to the doorstep of the Gacy house itself.

Author : Patrick Butler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 54,8 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 : Mollie Weinstein Schaffer,Cyndee Schaffer,Jennifer G. Mathers
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786460267

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MollieÕs War by Mollie Weinstein Schaffer,Cyndee Schaffer,Jennifer G. Mathers Pdf

The 150,000 women who served in the Women’s Army Corps are now seen as the undersung heroes of the Second World War. This memoir describes the life of a WAC enlistee who would serve in England when it came under attack, France immediately after the Allied invasion, and Germany after VE Day. From her experience in basic training in Daytona Beach to the climactic moment when she saw the Statue of Liberty as her ship approached American shores upon her return home, this work provides a glimpse into the life of a woman in uniform during this crucial time in American history.

Author : Ronnie Frey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0368508730

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Doorways of Chicago by Ronnie Frey Pdf

This book is chock full of over 100 photographs of gorgeous doors, windows, architecture and more, seen by the eye of designer Ronnie Frey. Through this visual narrative, he will inspire you to find portals into other realms and meditative states. You will get a taste of the rich and diverse cultural history of Chicago architecture and its neighborhoods as well as find relevant, thought-provoking messages reminding you to stay in the moment.

Author : Jennifer Billock
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467150118

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Historic Chicago Bakeries by Jennifer Billock Pdf

As immigrants came from outside the United States and settled in pockets around Chicago, each neighborhood had its own bakery--and sometimes several. At one time, more than seven thousand bakeries dotted the city streets. Stalwarts like Dinkel's, Roeser's, Weber's, Pticek and Ferrara continue a legacy that shaped Chicago's food traditions: an atomic cake for family celebrations, bacon buns in the morning or a poppy seed bun for hot dogs and pączki and zeppole for holidays. Even the never-ending debate over seeded or unseeded rye. From pioneering bakers to today's cake makers, author Jennifer Billock puts the sweet and doughy history of Chicago on display.

Author : Mabel Kunkel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015019784803

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Abraham Lincoln, Unforgettable American by Mabel Kunkel Pdf

Author : Rebecca Reider
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Ecology
ISBN : 9780826346742

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Dreaming the Biosphere by Rebecca Reider Pdf

Reider tells the tangled tale of the creation, and eventual disintegration, of the experimental eco-utopia known as Biosphere 2.

Author : Sharrie Williams,Bettie Youngs
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781936332175

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The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It by Sharrie Williams,Bettie Youngs Pdf

In 1915, when a kitchen stove fire singed his sister Mabel's lashes and brows, Tom Lyle Williams watched in fascination as she performed a 'secret of the harem'-mixing petroleum jelly with coal dust and ash from a burnt cork and apply it to her lashes and brows. Mabel's simple beauty trick ignited Tom Lyle's imagination and he started what would become a billion-dollar business, one that remains a viable American icon after nearly a century. He named it Maybelline in her honor.Throughout the 20th century, the Maybelline Company inflated, collapsed, endured, and thrived in tandem with the nation's upheavals-as did the family that nurtured it. Setting up shop first in Chicago, Williams later, to avoid unwanted scrutiny of his private life, cloistered himself behind the gates of his Rudolph Valentino Villa and ran his empire from a distance.Now after nearly a century of silence, this true story celebrates the life of an American entrepreneur, a man whose vision rocketed him to success along with the woman held in his orbit, Evelyn Boecher-who became his lifelong fascination and muse. Captivated by her 'roaring charisma,' he affectionately called her the 'real Miss Maybelline' and based many of his advertising campaigns on the woman she represented: commandingly beautiful, hard-boiled and daring. Evelyn masterminded a life of vanity, but would fall prey to fortune hunters and a mysterious murder that even today remains unsolved.A fascinating and inspiring story of ambition, luck, secrecy-and surprisingly, above all, love and forgiveness, a tale both epic and intimate, alive with the clash, the hustle, the music, and dance of American enterprise.

Author : Fernando Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : African American musicians
ISBN : PSU:000050320332

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I was There when the Blues was Red Hot by Fernando Jones Pdf

Author : Karen Kruse
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0738518573

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A Chicago Firehouse by Karen Kruse Pdf

From its humble beginnings in 1884 as a one-story frame building with one bay to house Hose Company 4 and its team of horses, Engine Company 78 has been the firefighting sentinel at the end of Waveland Avenue, sitting in the shadow of Wrigley Field. Using vintage photographs and moving stories from firefighters themselves, Karen Kruse captures the spirit and heroism of this historic Chicago landmark. Captain Robert F. Kruse served the Chicago Fire Department for 30 years, half of those at Wrigleyville's Engine 78. Growing up within the tight-knit firefighting community, Ms. Kruse records the dramatic and touching stories from her father's and his peers' experiences, and combines them in this volume exploring the unique history of Lakeview's firehouse, including a foreword by Mike Ditka and preface by Fire Commissioner James Joyce. With details about little known historic districts and a brief guide to Chicago's cemeteries and their relations to firefighters, A Chicago Firehouse: Stories of Wrigleyville's Engine 78 relays in first-hand accounts some of Chicago's most fiery tragedies, the brave men who battled them, and the diversity of the neighborhood that housed them.

Author : Albert Parry
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780486447926

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Tattoo by Albert Parry Pdf

This pioneering 1933 survey approaches body art from a variety of angles, including artistic, semiotic, psychological, sociological, and cultural perspectives. One of the first studies to analyze the subconscious motivations and erotic implications behind tattooing, it examines overt and subliminal messages of romance, patriotism, and religious fervor. 27 illustrations.

Author : Lee Shai Weissbach
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 081313109X

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The Synagogues of Kentucky by Lee Shai Weissbach Pdf

White southerners recognized that the perpetuation of segregation required whites of all ages to uphold a strict social order -- especially the young members of the next generation. White children rested at the core of the system of segregation between 1890 and 1939 because their participation was crucial to ensuring the future of white supremacy. Their socialization in the segregated South offers an examination of white supremacy from the inside, showcasing the culture's efforts to preserve itself by teaching its beliefs to the next generation. In Raising Racists: The Socialization of White Children in the Jim Crow South, author Kristina DuRocher reveals how white adults in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries continually reinforced race and gender roles to maintain white supremacy. DuRocher examines the practices, mores, and traditions that trained white children to fear, dehumanize, and disdain their black neighbors. Raising Racists combines an analysis of the remembered experiences of a racist society, how that society influenced children, and, most important, how racial violence and brutality shaped growing up in the early-twentieth-century South.

Author : Dick Simpson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : 0998442941

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The Good Fight by Dick Simpson Pdf

The progressive Chicago politician Dick Simpson recounts his life experiences and shares his insights into politics both at home in Chicago and internationally.

Author : Jay-Z
Publisher : Random House Group
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780679605218

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Decoded (Enhanced Edition) by Jay-Z Pdf

This enhanced eBook includes: • Over 30 minutes of never-before-seen video* interviews with Jay-Z discussing the back-story and inspiration for his songs • Two bonus videos*: “Rap is Poetry” and “The Evolution of My Style” • The full text of the book with illustrations and photographs *Video may not play on all readers. Check your user manual for details. Expanded edition of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller features 16 pages of new material, including 3 new songs decoded. Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time.