THIS VOLUME IS FROM "THE CITIES OF ANERICA BIOGRAPHIES. A FOREWARD IS BY STERLING NORTH. THERE ARE THIRTY- SIX B/W ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE McVICKER. TOPICS INCLUDE THE EARLY EXPLORRATION OF CHICAGO,THE FORT DEARBORN MASSACRE. THE MOVEMENT OF THE INDIANS WESTWARD,THE EARLY POPULATION OF CHICAGO. CHICAGO DURING THE CIVIL WAR, THE EARLY INDUSTRY, THE ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN CANAL, THE CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871. THE REVERSAL OF THE CHICAGO RIVER, CHICAGO'S RISE AS AN ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATER, THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF 1893, THE PULLMAN STRIKE, THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS,.

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Title: CHICAGO - CROSSROADS OF AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
Publisher: JULIAN MESSNER, INC
Publication Date: 1944
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: GEORGE McVICKER
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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