Chicago Flashback · The People and Events That Shaped a City’s History by Tribune, Chicago -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Introduction

Happy birthday, Chicago

Chapter One: Pageantry and Progress

Ferris’ wheel deal The Second City’s second world’s fair The dingy city Raising Chicago out of the mud In a rush, the river is reversed The Ward-Field museum fight Of hobos, tramps and bums Navy Pier’s zany past Wrigley: Star of the skyline Tribune Tower a winner

Chapter Two: Transportation

‘L’ defines the city ‘Ain’t no road just like it’ Those @#$%&! bridge-tenders! Before Uber, there was jitney Land grab to Loop flood Midway’s ups and downs Air show daredevils Chicago, cycling capital

Chapter Three: Business, Labor and Industry

Built with steel ‘Hog butcher for the world’ Marching off the job Raise a glass to barmaids Sears, the Amazon of its day Arsenal of democracy When candy was dandy Chicago’s original Mad Men Christmas stockings

Chapter Four: Innovation and Social Change

Illinois women win the vote When polio was defeated From dog pound to humane society When King came to town Saluting the Moon Men Before Roe v. Wade, the Jane Collective

Chapter Five: Politics

Barack Obama’s historic election The accidental mayor Capone’s battle for Cicero ‘Tell Chicago I’ll pull through’ The Lager Beer Riot Why JFK came to town Byrne vs. the Machine Mourning Harold Washington

Chapter Six: Crime and Vice

Chicago, the sin city The great grain gamble White City’s serial killer No ordinary whorehouse Darrow’s courtroom eloquence When gangsters were celebrities Four who got Capone When policy kings ruled Sisters’ deaths changed city Casino? What casino?

Chapter Seven: Passion and Protest

1968’s ‘police riot’ A racial tinderbox Chicago and the KKK The Battle of Fort Dearborn When cab wars were wars Republic Steel: Riot or massacre? Chaos after King slaying 1970 concert was true riot fest Disastrous Black Panther raid The neo-Nazis vs. Skokie

Chapter Eight: Disasters

Mrs. O’Leary’s legend Three deadly infernos ‘L’ leaps off Loop rails Eastland: Joy turns to horror Flu hit hard and fast in 1918 1918 circus train wreck McCormick Place in ruins

Chapter Nine: Sports

Auto racing’s birthplace When speedskating was king Civil war: Cubs vs. Sox Chicago pulls no punches Red Grange’s amazing run Public Enemy No. 1 was baseball fan Tidye Pickett’s legacy Girls of summer played in skirts Go-Go Sox win pennant Marathoners vs. the mighty lake Our kind of sport—right off the bat

Chapter Ten: Arts and Culture

When the Stones played Bronzeville Dance-hall romance Theaters become movie palaces Where Hollywood legends changed trains Buffalo Bill: Urban cowboy Sinatra and the Chicago mob The Beatles invade Chicago Two faces of South Shore

Chapter Eleven: Amusement

19th century Tinder? Personal ads. Bud Billiken marches on Summer fun: Go sit in a tree Remember Riverview? State Street magic For orphans, a yearly joy ride

Chapter Twelve: Colorful Characters

Nelson Algren Bill Veeck Jane Addams King of the con men Polish Robin Hoods Daniel Burnham The Washington Porter clan Captain George Streeter Mother Jones Maurine Watkins ‘The world’s richest cop’ Ralph Metcalfe

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