The Wicked City: Chicago from Kenna to Capone (Illinois) |
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 | I'm the sure that the main draw to this book concerns the seedy, gangster underworld of Chicago. I don't know if I have enough patience to get there; the narrative so far relates sound-bite stories of the founders, urban planners, and architects who first erected this city. It's extremely interesting material, but Johnson's flits over it all in barely readable, fragmented prose. Furthermore, as one unfamiliar with the city (especially as it was in the 1800s), his descriptions of the landscape (and the design of the buildings) leaves me still with a black box imagination of what the city looks like. Pictures or illustrations would well suit the understanding of this book, which would lead to the (hopeful point of the story) understanding of the city. read more.
Written by Curt Johnson and R.Craig Sautter.
Published 01 March 1998.
Published by Da Capo Press Inc.
rrp £13.50.
406 pages Paperback.
ISBN: 0306808218
ISBN-13: 9780306808210 | |
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