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Civilized Chicago / by Henry L. Mencken.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 1 photocopy in 4 parts ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Chicago Sunday Tribune, 1917.
- Notes:
- Reprint of newspaper column originally written for the New York Evening Post.
- "The most civilized city in America? Chicago, of course! An per corollary the most thoroughly American, at least among the big ones ... In Chicago originality still appears to be put above conformity. The idea out there is not to to do what others do, but to do something they can't do. This idea is the foundation of all artistic endeavor ..."
- Photocopy.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has [1] loose leaf with ms. annotation.
- OCLC:
- 914123727
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