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Chicago's greatest year, 1893 : the White City and the birth of a modern metropolis / Joseph Gustaitis.

Author: Gustaitis, Joseph, 1944-

ImprintCarbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]

Descriptionxii, 346 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Note:The White City and the Gray City -- Three Museums and a Library -- Sears, Roebuck and Company -- Frances Willard's Bicycle -- Open Heart Surgery -- A Church for Father Tolton -- The Illinois Institute of Technology -- The Birth of Urban Literature -- The West Side Grounds -- The Chicago Hot Dog -- Wrigley's Gum -- The Chicago School of Architecture -- Reforming Chicago -- Epidemics and Clean Water -- Epilogue: Chicago's Next Great Year.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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