The Book of Chicago

Robert Shackleton

• Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
• Year: 2017
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9783849649203
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

In his facile, chatty way the author tells of the city's marvelous growth, taking us from the Loop through that Olympus of Chicago, the Lake Shore Drive to Oak Park and South Chicago. The landmarks of the early settlers and the "beauty spots" of the modern city are all described in such a manner that they cannot fail to appeal to even the most conservative of Easterners. Mr. Shackleton in all his books of the cities, shows each one distinctly; its characteristics, institutions, literary traditions, landmarks, and its people. Nothing is too small for him to chronicle—their habits of speech, their eating, ancestor worship. In each city he manages to discover many odd corners not found by the usual sightseer. His is a sympathetic, clear-eyed, often humorous interpretation of the city in each case.

Table of contents

• Chapter I - This is Chicago!
• Chapter II - A City Without Cobwebs
• Chapter III - ''We Will Go And Get Them''
• Chapter IV - The Lake Front
• Chapter V - Over Rush Street Bridge
• Chapter VI - The Loop Hounds
• Chapter VIII - Clubs Are Trumps
• Chapter IX – The Passing Of Prairie Avenue
• Chapter XI - How Art Came To Chicago
• Chapter XII - Some Matters Of Business
• Chapter XIII - A Modern Corsair
• Chapter XIV - Traits And Aspects
• Chapter XV - Music
• Chapter XVI - Where Once Was The White City
• Chapter XVII - An Oxford Of The West
• Chapter XVIII - The Dukes Of Chicago
• Chapter XIX - A Marquette Cross
• Chapter XX - Out In The Suburbs
• Chapter XXI - The Extraordinary Making Of Gary
• Chapter XXII - The Solitary Dunes
• Chapter XXIII - Why Chicago Is!
• Chapter XXIV - The Gold Coast
• Chapter XXV - A Child And Its A-B-C