CHICAGO - A PICTORIAL HISTORY
HERMAN KOGAN AND LLOYD WENDT
Verkäufer Aah Rare Chicago, Glenview, IL, USA
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 27. Februar 1999
Verkäufer Aah Rare Chicago, Glenview, IL, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 4 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 27. Februar 1999
Beschreibung
THIS BOOK IS A LATER PRINTING EDITION BY BONANZA BOOKS, A DIVISION OF CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC. THERE IS A GIFT INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR HERMAN KOGAN ON THE PRE-TITLE PAGE TO A CHICAGO COLLECTOR WHOSE CHICAGO BOOK LABLE IS ON THE FIRST FREE END PAGE. (MINE). THERE ARE SEVERAL OF ALEXANDER HESLER'S DETAILED DAGUERROTYPE PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHICAGO AS VIEWED FROM THE TOP OF THE COURTHOSE IN 1858. EVERY PAGE CONTAINS MULTIPLE HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARLY CHICAGO, ITS LEADING CITIZENS, THEATRE POSTERS, MAPS, BUILDINGS AND MAJOR EVENTS, GOOD AND BAD. THERE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HAYMARKET RIOTER, AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION AND THE 1933 CENTURY OF PROGRESS FAIR, THE EASTLAND DISASTER, CHICAGO'S GANGSTERS AND CRIMINAL ELEMENTS THAT CREATED CHICAGO'S EARLY 20TH CENTURY CRIMINAL REPUTATION, THE ST. VALENTINES DAY MASSACRE AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DEVELOPING MODERN DAY CHICAGO WITH ITS SUPER HIGHWAYS, AIRPORTS AND "SKYSCRAPER" BUILDINGS. THIS BOOK IS AN ENTERTAINGG ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF CHICAGO'S RISE TO A WORLD RENOWNED CITY THROUGH ALL OF THE MULIPLE POWER PACKED ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE PRACTICALLYON EVERY PAGE. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2223408
Bibliografische Details
Titel: CHICAGO - A PICTORIAL HISTORY
Verlag: BONANZA BOOKS, NEW YORK, NY
Erscheinungsdatum: 1958
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
Signiert: Inscribed by Author(s)
Auflage: LATER EDITION
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