Chicago Books
Featured Book
Selected Books
The Encyclopedia of Chicago Edited by James R. Grossman, Ann Durkin Keating, Janice L. Reiff Historical reference on metropolitan Chicago. More than 1,400 entries. Prepared by the Newberry Library with the cooperation of the Chicago Historical Society. "Monumental"--Booklist |
| Chicago Then and Now by Elizabeth McNulty Modern color photos compared to black and white archival photographs of the same scene. |
| Chicago--City of the Century A four DVD set that tells the story of the formation of Chicago until the end of the 19th century. Excellent overall presentation. The last disk includes a "Chicago by L" tour of neighborhoods. |
| City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America by Donald L. Miller Chicago's growth from a fur-trading post in the 1830's to a world city by 1900. |
| Masterpieces of Chicago Architecture by John Zukowsky, Martha Thorne, Stanley Tigerman (Preface) Covers the innovations that made Chicago famous for architecture--from the Chicago School to the Prairie School, and Mies, Johnson, and others. |
| The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson Intrigue surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. |
| The Art Institute of Chicago; Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture by Margherita Andreotti, James N. Wood (Editor), Teri J. Edelstein (Editor) |
| Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago by Alex Kotlowitz Profiles of people in Chicago. |
| Chicago: The Second City by A. J. Liebling A New Yorker columnist re-looks at Chicago decades after a 1952 tour. |
| The Chicago Neighborhood Map by Big Stick, Inc See 222 Chicago neighborhoods hand-drawn in color on a map! |
Chicago Authors
| Chicago: City on the Make by Nelson Algren, Studs Terkel (Introduction) |
| Native Son by Richard Wright, John Reilly (Afterword) |
| Chicago Stories by James T. Farrell, Charles Fanning (Editor) |
| Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks |
| American Dreams: Lost and Found by Studs Terkel |
| Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do by Studs Terkel |
| Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago by Mike Royko |
| The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow |
| The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Morris Dickstein (Introduction) |
| The Pit: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris, Joseph R McElrath, Gwendolyn Jones (Editor), gwen Jones, Joseph A. McElrath (Introduction) |
Chicago in Film
| Blues Brothers--Collector's Edition (1980) Starring: John Belushi, et al. Director: John Landis; DVD collector's edition. |
| The Front Page (1974) Starring: Jack Lemmon, et al. Director: Billy Wilder |