Unknown Chicago Tales
Author | : John R. Schmidt |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2021 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781467147521 |
ISBN-13 | : 1467147524 |
Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Chicago's most famous stories tend to crowd out the competition and shout down alternate perspectives. Visit with the man who founded a 150-year-long Chicago political dynasty. Take a peek at some of the lesser-known Chicago film classics. Review Professor Moriarty's Chicago caper and Annie Oakley's cocaine case. Uncover the lengths to which Chicago's long celebrated Mr. Pioneer Settler went to keep a slave. Discover why the Kennedy curves at Division Street and why the county jail saved a gallows for fifty years. From Death Valley Scotty's wild ride to the bowling ball that went around the world, John Schmidt provides a parade of Chicago originals."--Provided by publisher.