999 : a history of Chicago in ten stories /
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| Author / Creator: | Fizdale, Richard B. |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : Ampersand Inc, [2014] |
| Description: | 259 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10043373 |
| Summary: | "The story of 999 is the story of Chicago at one of the most pivotal and explosive moments in its history. Set along the citys storied lakefront, 999 details the wealth, greed, power, corruption and even murder that accompanied the rise of arguably the most beautiful and historical residential building in Chicago. Lavishly illustrated and well researched, Fizdales vivid account of a land grab so extensive that it was contested for more than five decades, sets the stage for the war for what would become Streeterville. He includes fascinating and largely unknown details of the lives of the boldfaced names of Chicagos past -- from the period just after the Chicago fire to the present."--Amazon.com. |
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| Physical Description: | 259 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-251) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1467545287 9781467545280 |
