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Railroads, the Chicago World’s Fair, and George Pullman
by Jack Kelly
The year 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first…
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Lorraine Hansberry and Chicago Segregation
by Natalie Y. Moore Lorraine Hansberry v. Anna Lee The Hansberry saga is just one story…
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Bill Veeck and the Chicago White Sox
by Dan Epstein Excerpt From Chapter 1: Let's Do It Again (Bill Veeck) Bill Veeck buys…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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The Cave Man
by Tom Clavin
Did you know that there was a series of events known as the…
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Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
Cold Crematorium is the first English language edition of a lost memoir by Holocaust survivor József…
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Edith Wharton’s Guide to New York
by Mariah Fredericks
Mariah Fredericks's new novel, The Wharton Plot, follows renowned novelist Edith Wharton through…
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