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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... Fire , “ [ has ] left everything in so flammable a condition that a spark might set a fire which would sweep from end to end of the city . " Guarding the entire eighteen - square - mile city of 334,000 people was a fire department of ...
... Fire , “ [ has ] left everything in so flammable a condition that a spark might set a fire which would sweep from end to end of the city . " Guarding the entire eighteen - square - mile city of 334,000 people was a fire department of ...
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... fire agreed , that caused their city to be destroyed in little over twenty - four hours . " The fire , " William Ogden wrote to a friend , " was the fiercest Tor- nado of Wind ever known to blow here . " But in the most complete ...
... fire agreed , that caused their city to be destroyed in little over twenty - four hours . " The fire , " William Ogden wrote to a friend , " was the fiercest Tor- nado of Wind ever known to blow here . " But in the most complete ...
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... fire includes many eyewitness accounts and excerpts from official reports and newspaper stories . The Chicago Fire was an instant news and histor- ical event . By early 1872 , seven book - length histories of the fire had been published ...
... fire includes many eyewitness accounts and excerpts from official reports and newspaper stories . The Chicago Fire was an instant news and histor- ical event . By early 1872 , seven book - length histories of the fire had been published ...
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Preface | 15 |
City of Dreamers and Doers | 24 |
Didnt Expect No Town | 48 |
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