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| Streets of the Near West Side | ||||
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Learn about the historic streets of one of
Chicago's most fascinating neighborhoods. Streets of the Near West Side
tells the stories of whom and what 57 of the areas thoroughfares were
named. The book also features news of events that happened in the area,
from long-ago tales of the Chicago Cubs playing on Polk Street, to news
pertinent to today's headlines. Learn which street is named for a U.S.
President who liked to swim in the nude, and which is named for a
bicycle racer who created Chicago's expressway system.
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| Winning Political Campaigns | ||||
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A how-to book on all aspects of political
campaigning, the book uses many examples of local political figures
successes and failures in running for office. Covering everything from
advertising to building alliances, proper business practices, campaign
literature, candidate behavior, media, voter contact, fundraising,
strategy, and more, Winning Political Campaigns is not only
comprehensive, but entertaining as well.
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| Essays on Earl Renfroe--A Man of Firsts | ||||
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A biography of a man whom African-American
history expert Dr. Claude Driskell writes "belongs in the same
category" with Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and
W.E.B. Du Bois, Essays on Earl Renfroe tells the story of Dr. Earl W.
Renfroe, a University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
Professor who was considered the top clinical orthodontist in the world
for many years. He also was the first African-American in Illinois to
be licensed as a commercial airline pilot, and a Brigadier General in the Illinois National Guard.
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| Chicago's Maxwell Street | ||||
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Scores of photos, many of them never before
published, about Chicago's former "street of dreams,"
where an immigrant could have a pushcart and a dream and become a
millionaire. Photos show the street's days as a market, depict its reign as
home to blues music, and reveal architectural details that even the
street's denizens may never have noticed amid the hustle and bustle.
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| Hull-House | ||||
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Using the archives and rich visual materials in
the Special Collections Department of the University of Illinois at
Chicago, archivists Peggy Glowacki and Julia Hendry take us onto the
city streets surrounding the settlement and inside the doors of
Hull-House. The story encompasses both national issues and intimate
moments in the history of the neighborhood.
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