999 : a history of chicago in ten stories Richard B. Fizdale

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fizdale, Richard B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City dwellers--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.

City dwellers.

Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc--History.

Chicago (Ill.).

Chicago (Ill.)--20th century--History.

Physical Description:

259 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm

Other Title:

Nine hundred and ninety-nine

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Ampersand Inc, [2014]

Summary:

"The story of 999 is the story of Chicago at one of the most pivotal and explosive moments in its history. Set along the city's storied lakefront, 999 details the wealth, greed, power, corruption and even murder that accompanied the rise of arguably the most beautiful and historical residential building in Chicago. Lavishly illustrated and well researched, Fizdale's vivid account of a land grab so extensive that it was contested for more than five decades, sets the stage for the war for what would become Streeterville. He includes fascinating and largely unknown details of the lives of the boldfaced names of Chicago's past -- from the period just after the Chicago fire to the present."--From Amazon.com

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-251) and index.

Local Notes:

HSP credit line -- Portrait, Tench Coxe (DAMS 2469), HSP Portrait Collection [V88], page 196.

ISBN:

1467545287

9781467545280

OCLC:

879527830