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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... Canal Land 31 Hell Sell TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH Bi Gleam Owen R. Me Canal Land 31 NORTHWESTKAN Tra GM 7 Canal Land 17 Canal Land Sex Green Daniel Blaten HALATAR 19 Canal Land Rin and Julie Welch Canal Entered TWENTY BRCONO 33 Tarke Canal Land ...
... Canal Land 31 Hell Sell TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH Bi Gleam Owen R. Me Canal Land 31 NORTHWESTKAN Tra GM 7 Canal Land 17 Canal Land Sex Green Daniel Blaten HALATAR 19 Canal Land Rin and Julie Welch Canal Entered TWENTY BRCONO 33 Tarke Canal Land ...
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... canal com- missioner , stepped forward and dug up a shovelful of earth on the spot where Marquette had wintered . Judge Theopholus W. Smith , who had apparently hoisted too many toasts that morning , followed with a " wild prophesy " as ...
... canal com- missioner , stepped forward and dug up a shovelful of earth on the spot where Marquette had wintered . Judge Theopholus W. Smith , who had apparently hoisted too many toasts that morning , followed with a " wild prophesy " as ...
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... Canal is the most important public work now being executed in the world , " declared Harper's Weekly . It was an astounding feat of labor . The muscle work was brutally dif- ficult , and the men , making fifteen cents an hour and living ...
... Canal is the most important public work now being executed in the world , " declared Harper's Weekly . It was an astounding feat of labor . The muscle work was brutally dif- ficult , and the men , making fifteen cents an hour and living ...
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Preface | 15 |
City of Dreamers and Doers | 24 |
Didnt Expect No Town | 48 |
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