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Seeking Chicago

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

Seeking Chicago

By Tom Miller

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About the book

Chicago started life with a split personality. By the end of the Civil War wealthy Chicagoans and their wives were struggling to prove that their city was as affluent and civilized as its East Coast counterparts, New York, Philadelphia and Boston. Mansions rose, an art museum was founded, and music halls lured opera stars. Yet, all the while, stockyards, rowdy cowboys and slaughterhouses continued to brand Chicago as a western outpost.When the great fire of 1871 destroyed much of the city, Chica...Show more

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9781910258729

Publisher

Pimpernel Press Ltd

Published year

2019

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1

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Seeking Chicago

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Paperback

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