Unknown Chicago Tales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, John R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chicago (Ill.).

Chicago (Ill.)--History, Local--Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2021.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Aknowledgement

Introduction

1. Chicago Bf (Before The Fire)

Father of Chicago

Billy Caldwell the Man

A Slave in Chicago

A Murder Most Foul

The Celebrity

Opera House Lottery

2. Builders And Characters

Chicago's Saint

The Life and Death of Nails Morton

Mighty Milton Sills

The Aviator

One-Eye Connelly

Architect of the Good Life

The Constant Candidate

Miss Frances

Mile-A-Minute Harry

Joseph Medill's Last Words

3. Politics And Politicos

Who Was Dan Ryan?

Blond Boss Billy

The Rosemont Corridor

The First Cullerton

Why the Kennedy Curves at Division Street

Starring Martin Kennelly

The Sullivan of Sullivan High School

A Tale of Two Kellys

A Tale of Two Tombs

Bathhouse John

4. Sports And Sportsmen

Cap Anson

Man of Steel

Chicago's Forgotten Baseball Team

A Winning Chicago Athlete

Bowler of the Half-Century

Chicago's Forgotten Football Team

Godfather of Big-Bucks Golf

Going Stagg

Chicago's Forgotten Basketball Teams

5. The Chicago Way

Where Have You Gone, Terrible Tommy?

Gross Cyrano

A Different Saint Valentine's Day Story

An Editor's Scoop

The Short, Unhappy Life of Algren Street

The Bowling Ball That Went Around the World

Bertillonage in Chicago

Waiters' Revenge?

Sic Transit Gloria Hinky Dink

6. Forgotten Chicago Movies

In Old Chicago (1937)

City That Never Sleeps (1953)

Al Capone (1959)

Gaily, Gaily (1969)

Cooley High (1975)

Continental Divide (1981)

7. The Passing Parade

Professor Moriarty Comes to Chicago

Kiss of Fire

The Original Walking Man

The Other Chicago Fire

The Annie Oakley Cocaine Case

Judy's Jolly Jaunt

The Chicago Grand Prix of 1895

Death Valley Scotty's Wild Ride.

World's Parliament of Religions

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781439672365

1439672369

OCLC:

1245663614