MILLER, DONALD L. - City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America

NY: Simon & Schuster, 2003. 0684831384. First Paperback Edition. Sixteenth Printing. Soft Cover. ISBN: 0684831384. Publisher's glossy wraps. Illustrated with B&W photographs. "The epic of Chicago is the story of the emergence of modern America. Here, witness Chicago's growth from a desolate fur-trading post in the 1830s to one of the world's most explosively alive cities by 1900. Donald Miller's powerful narrative embraces it all: Chicago's wild beginnings, its reckless growth, its natural calamities (especially the Great Fire of 1871), its raucous politics, its empire-building businessmen, its worldtransforming architecture, its rich mix of cultures, its community of young writers and journalists, and its staggering engineering projects- which included the reversal of the Chicago River and raising the entire city from prairie mud to save it from devastating cholera epidemics.". Remainder mark on bottom edge, else as new; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE. Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 704 pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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