City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of AmericaSimon & Schuster, 1996 - 704 من الصفحات Thoroughly researched and magnificently written, City of the Century captures all the drama of Chicago's growth from a desolate fur-trading post in the 1830s to a metropolis that by 1890 rivaled New York City. "Brims with life, with people, surprises, and with stories--and stories within stories--all worth telling."--David McCullough, author of Truman. of photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America Donald L. Miller. ris Kinzie , whose father , John Kinzie , was a trader in Chicago ; and just before Hubbard left for Chicago , Kinzie had given him letters of intro- duction to his clan ...
The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America Donald L. Miller. ris Kinzie , whose father , John Kinzie , was a trader in Chicago ; and just before Hubbard left for Chicago , Kinzie had given him letters of intro- duction to his clan ...
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... Kinzie house , with its fenced - in orchard and wide , poplar - shaded piazza . John Kinzie had acquired the property in 1803 from a man who had bought it from Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , a cultivated mulatto fur trader from Santo ...
... Kinzie house , with its fenced - in orchard and wide , poplar - shaded piazza . John Kinzie had acquired the property in 1803 from a man who had bought it from Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , a cultivated mulatto fur trader from Santo ...
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... Kinzie " mansion " was located just across the river from it , near what became Kinzie Street . Just upriver is Wolf Point . Bird's - eye Views and Guide to Chicago ( Chicago : Rand , McNally & Co. , 1898 ) constructions , similar to ...
... Kinzie " mansion " was located just across the river from it , near what became Kinzie Street . Just upriver is Wolf Point . Bird's - eye Views and Guide to Chicago ( Chicago : Rand , McNally & Co. , 1898 ) constructions , similar to ...
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Preface | 15 |
City of Dreamers and Doers | 24 |
Didnt Expect No Town | 48 |
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