In the tradition of E. B. White s bestselling Here Is New York, Chicago is a tribute to the Second City part history, part memoir, and 100% Studs Terkelinfused with anecdotes, memories, and reflections that celebrate the great city.
Chicago was home to the country s first skyscraper (a ten-story building built in 1884) and marks the start of the famed "Route 66." It is also the birthplace of the remote control (Zenith), the car radio (Motorola) and the first major American city to elect a woman (Jane Byrne) and then an African American man (Harold Washington) as mayor. Its literary...