You Were Never in Chicago (Chicago Visions and Revisions) - Hardcover

Steinberg, Neil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226772055 ISBN 13: 9780226772059

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2012

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"In this wonderful book, Neil Steinberg weaves a poetic mosaic of his life and the life of Chicago - past, present, real, imagined. Like many of its citizens, he came here from elsewhere, drawn by its brawny allure. He lives in Chicago and Chicago lives in him." (Roger Ebert)"

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In 1952 the "New Yorker" published a three-part essay by A.J. Liebling in which he dubbed "Chicago the Second City". From garbage collection to the skyline, nothing escaped Liebling's withering gaze. Among the outraged responses from Chicago residents was one that Liebling described as the apotheosis of such criticism: a postcard that read, simply, "You were never in Chicago." Neil Steinberg has lived in and around Chicago for more than three decades - ever since he left his hometown of Berea, Ohio, to attend Northwestern University - yet he remains fascinated by the dynamics captured in Liebling's anecdote. In "You Were Never in Chicago" Steinberg weaves the story of his own coming-of-age as a young outsider who made his way into the inner circles and upper levels of Chicago journalism with a nuanced portrait of the city that will surprise even lifelong residents. Steinberg takes readers through Chicago's vanishing industrial past and explores the city from such vantages as the quaint skybridge between the towers of the Wrigley Building and the depths of the vast Deep Tunnel system below the streets. He deftly explains the city's complex web of political favoritism and carefully profiles the characters he meets along the way, from greats of jazz and journalism to small-business owners just getting by. Throughout, Steinberg never loses the curiosity and close observation of an outsider, while thoughtfully considering how this perspective has shaped the city, and what it really means to belong. Intimate and layered, "You Were Never in Chicago" will be a welcome addition to the bookshelves of all Chicagoans - be they born in the city or forever transplanted.

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• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0226772055
• ISBN 13: 9780226772059
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256