Unknown Chicago Tales

Unknown Chicago Tales

By John R. Schmidt

$21.99

Publication Date: 26th April 2021

Chicago's most famous stories tend to crowd out the competition and shout down alternate perspectives. Visit with the man who founded a 150-year-long Chicago political dynasty. Take a peek at some of the lesser-known Chicago film classics. Review Professor Moriarty's Chicago caper and Annie Oakley's cocaine case. Uncover the lengths to which Chicago's long-celebrated Mr. Pioneer Settler went to keep a slave. Discover why the Kennedy curves at Division Street and why the county jail saved a gallows for fifty years. From Death Valley Scotty's wild ride to the bowling ball that went around the wo... Read More
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    Chicago's most famous stories tend to crowd out the competition and shout down alternate perspectives. Visit with the man who founded a 150-year-long Chicago political dynasty. Take a peek at some of the lesser-known Chicago film classics. Review Professor Moriarty's Chicago caper and Annie Oakley's cocaine case. Uncover the lengths to which Chicago's long-celebrated Mr. Pioneer Settler went to keep a slave. Discover why the Kennedy curves at Division Street and why the county jail saved a gallows for fifty years. From Death Valley Scotty's wild ride to the bowling ball that went around the wo... Read More
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    Chicago's most famous stories tend to crowd out the competition and shout down alternate perspectives. Visit with the man who founded a 150-year-long Chicago political dynasty. Take a peek at some of the lesser-known Chicago film classics. Review Professor Moriarty's Chicago caper and Annie Oakley's cocaine case. Uncover the lengths to which Chicago's long-celebrated Mr. Pioneer Settler went to keep a slave. Discover why the Kennedy curves at Division Street and why the county jail saved a gallows for fifty years. From Death Valley Scotty's wild ride to the bowling ball that went around the world, John Schmidt provides a parade of Chicago originals.
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    • Pages: 144
    • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
    • Imprint: The History Press
    • Publication Date: 26th April 2021
    • State: Illinois
    • Illustration Note: Black and White
    • ISBN: 9781467147521
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      REFERENCE / Curiosities & Wonders
      HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
      HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
    Author Bio
    John R. Schmidt is a fifth-generation Chicagoan. He earned his AB and MA degrees at Loyola University and his PhD in history at the University of Chicago. He has taught at all levels, from kindergarten through college, including more than thirty years in the Chicago Public School System. He has published more than five hundred articles in magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias and anthologies. This is his seventh book.
    Chicago's most famous stories tend to crowd out the competition and shout down alternate perspectives. Visit with the man who founded a 150-year-long Chicago political dynasty. Take a peek at some of the lesser-known Chicago film classics. Review Professor Moriarty's Chicago caper and Annie Oakley's cocaine case. Uncover the lengths to which Chicago's long-celebrated Mr. Pioneer Settler went to keep a slave. Discover why the Kennedy curves at Division Street and why the county jail saved a gallows for fifty years. From Death Valley Scotty's wild ride to the bowling ball that went around the world, John Schmidt provides a parade of Chicago originals.
    • Pages: 144
    • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
    • Imprint: The History Press
    • Publication Date: 26th April 2021
    • State: Illinois
    • Illustrations Note: Black and White
    • ISBN: 9781467147521
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      REFERENCE / Curiosities & Wonders
      HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
      HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
    John R. Schmidt is a fifth-generation Chicagoan. He earned his AB and MA degrees at Loyola University and his PhD in history at the University of Chicago. He has taught at all levels, from kindergarten through college, including more than thirty years in the Chicago Public School System. He has published more than five hundred articles in magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias and anthologies. This is his seventh book.

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