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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... Philip be- came a partner with Milwaukee's biggest pork packer , John Plankin- ton . In 1864 , gambling on an imminent Union victory that would lower the demand for pork , Armour sold pork futures " short " on the Board of Trade and ...
... Philip be- came a partner with Milwaukee's biggest pork packer , John Plankin- ton . In 1864 , gambling on an imminent Union victory that would lower the demand for pork , Armour sold pork futures " short " on the Board of Trade and ...
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... Armour's proudest ac- complishment . He was there nearly every afternoon , dropping in on classes , inspecting the ... Philip Armour died in his bed after catching pneumonia playing with his grandchildren in the Christmas snow in ...
... Armour's proudest ac- complishment . He was there nearly every afternoon , dropping in on classes , inspecting the ... Philip Armour died in his bed after catching pneumonia playing with his grandchildren in the Christmas snow in ...
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... Armour , Swift , Wilson : Why the Old Brands Are Fading , ” NYT , Dec. 21 , 1980 . 209 " no young man " : Swift and ... Philip D. Armour : A Character Sketch , ” North American Monthly Re- view of Reviews 23 ( 1901 ) : 174 . 212 A ...
... Armour , Swift , Wilson : Why the Old Brands Are Fading , ” NYT , Dec. 21 , 1980 . 209 " no young man " : Swift and ... Philip D. Armour : A Character Sketch , ” North American Monthly Re- view of Reviews 23 ( 1901 ) : 174 . 212 A ...
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Preface | 15 |
City of Dreamers and Doers | 24 |
Didnt Expect No Town | 48 |
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