Chicago's Greatest Year, 1893: The White City and the Birth of a Modern Metropolis

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Contents List of Illustrations ix Introduction 1 1. The White City and the Gray City 13 2. Three Museums and a Library 31 3. Sears, Roebuck and Company 57 4. Frances Willard’s Bicycle 76 5. Open-Heart Surgery 95 6. A Church for Father Tolton 113 7. The Illinois Institute of Technology 133 8. The Birth of Urban Literature 151 9. The West Side Grounds 181 10. The Chicago Hot Dog 203 11. Wrigley’s Gum 221 12. The Chicago School of Architecture 237 13. Reforming Chicago 265 14. Epidemics and Clean Water 285 Epilogue: Chicago’s Next Great Year 301 Notes 309 Index 337 ...