History Lover's Guide to Chicago, A
9781467145701
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The Chicago 77
9781626196124
Regular price $19.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%With over two hundred neighborhoods divided into seventy-seven community areas, Chicago offers a dazzling and daunting challenge to ambitious tourists and lifelong citizens.
Anyone who's never been to Chicago will be shocked to learn how big it really is. Did you know that Humboldt Park isn't even in Humboldt Park? Confused about the exact boundaries of West Elsdon or curious about the origins of the famous Second City Theater? In a handbook that is both an entertaining adventure and a methodical survey, Mary Zangs tackles all seventy-seven communities, providing maps, points of interest and local perspectives for the many places Chicagoans call home.
The Chicago Haymarket Affair
9781467135740
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%This history and guide presents the significant sites and events of the Haymarket Square riot, a major turning point in the fight for workers’ rights.
On May 4th, 1886, a bomb exploded during a labor demonstration near Haymarket Square in Chicago. The ensuing gunfire and chaos brought a grisly end to what began as peaceful support for an eight-hour workday. With both officers and civilians dead, newspapers proclaimed an anarchist conspiracy. The investigation led to the trial and execution of rally organizers.
The incident drew irrevocable attention to debates about workers’ rights and the role of law enforcement that continue today. In this guide to the key moments and sites of one of Chicago’s most confusing and chaotic events, author Joseph Anthony Rulli aims to establish a clearer understanding of its historical significance.
