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City of Big Shoulders: Second Edition

By: Robert G. Spinney
Narrated by: Doug McDonald
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Summary

City of Big Shoulders links key events in Chicago's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600's to today's robust metropolis. Robert G. Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city - from the tycoons and the politicians, to the hundreds of thousands of immigrants from all over the world.

In this revised and updated second edition that brings Chicago's story into the 21st century, Spinney sweeps his historian's gaze across the colorful and dramatic panorama of the city's explosive past. How did the pungent swamplands that the Native Americans called "the wild-garlic place" burgeon into one of the world's largest and most sophisticated cities? What is the real story behind the Great Chicago Fire? What aspects of American industry exploded with the bomb in Haymarket Square? Could the gritty blue-collar hometown of Al Capone become a visionary global city?

A city of immigrants and entrepreneurs, Chicago is quintessentially American. Spinney brings it to life and highlights the key people, moments, and special places - from Fort Dearborn to Cabrini-Green, Marquette to Mayor Daley, the Union Stock Yards to the Chicago Bulls - that make this incredible city one of the best places in the world.

The book is published by Cornell University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

©2020 Cornell University (P)2020 Redwood Audiobooks
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Critic reviews

"Condensed yet energetic and substantial history of Chicago." (Publishers Weekly)

"A much-needed, brief yet comprehensive analytical history of Chicago." (Journal of Illinois History)

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