On This Day in Chicago History

By John R. Schmidt

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Join John R. Schmidt on a day-by-day look at some of Chicago's most fascinating lesser-known events.

Think you know Chicago? If you are thinking of Al Capone, the L, the Cubs, Barack Obama or the Great Fire of 1871, then you are remembering the highlights from the tour bus. Here's the rest of the story, day by day. Chicago opened the first blood bank, invented the vacuum cleaner and sent a bowling ball around the world. One high school football game drew 120,000 people. Chicagoans fought nineteen years over the name of a street. For fifty years, they saved a gallows for an escaped killer. And those are just some of the stories...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1626192537

ISBN13:9781626192539

Release Date:January 2014

Publisher:History Press

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.16 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.0" x 6.9"

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