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16 Μαρ 2000 · City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago takes its name from a description of the city by poet Carl Sandburg. Authored by historian Robert G. Spinney, this excellent book takes readers through the history of Chicago from its days as a frontier outpost all the way to the twenty-first century.
- Heather's review of City of Big Shoulders - Goodreads
It's an interesting idea to give a history of a city and...
- Heather's review of City of Big Shoulders - Goodreads
16 Μαρ 2000 · City of Big Shoulders sweeps across the colorful and dramatic panorama of Chicago's explosive past. How did the pungent swamplands that the Native Americans called the wild-garlic place mushroom into one of the world's largest and most sophisticated cities?
It's an interesting idea to give a history of a city and Chicago is a city with a story (or more accurately stories) to tell. I thought the author did a good job of writing an informative and interesting book for the semi- serious reader.
15 Μαΐ 2020 · This revised and updated second edition brings Chicago's story into the twenty-first century, as it reviews the colorful and dramatic panorama of the city's explosive past. How did the pungent swamplands that the Native Americans called “the wild-garlic place” burgeon into one of the world's largest and most sophisticated cities?
28 Απρ 2020 · This revised and updated second edition brings Chicago's story into the twenty-first century, as it reviews the colorful and dramatic panorama of the city's explosive past. This book links key events in Chicago's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600s to today's robust metropolis.
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15 Μαΐ 2020 · Robert G. Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city—from the tycoons and the politicians to the hundreds of thousands of immigrants from all over the world. In this revised and updated second edition that brings Chicago's story into the twenty-first century, Spinney sweeps his historian's gaze across the ...
