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With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling
book, Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair, Russell Lewis
provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the
Chicago World's Fair. Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition,
popularly called the Chicago World's Fair, or the White City, was
the largest and most spectacular world's fair ever built. The
exposition opened on May 1, 1893, and more than 21,000,000 people
visited the fair during the six months it was open to the public.
The White City was a seminal event in America's history that
changed the way the world viewed Chicago. This volume tells the
story of the fair from its construction in Jackson Park to its
destruction by fire after the fair had closed. Photographs of the
exhibition halls, state buildings, foreign buildings, indoor and
outdoor exhibits, the attractions of the Midway, and the various
ways to move about the fairgrounds give a sense of how visitors
experienced this extraordinary time
With a selection of fine historic images from his bestselling
book Historic Photos of Chicago, Russell Lewis provides
a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and
development of Chicago. Chicago’s history is a testimony to the
resilience of its citizens. From its rebirth after the Great Fire
in 1871, the city met and overcame the social and economic
challenges of the century to follow. Many of the events of the
city’s history are recorded in photographs in the archives of the
Chicago History Museum. This volume, Remembering
Chicago, captures the city’s history through a selection of
those photographs. The book follows life, government, education,
and events spanning two centuries of Chicago’s history. It
captures unique and rare scenes through the original lens of more
than a hundred historic photographs. These images portray the
evolution of Chicago from a frontier town to one of the world’s
most cosmopolitan cities.
Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition, popularly called the
Chicago World’s Fair, or the White City, was the largest and most
spectacular world’s fair ever built. The Columbian Exposition
opened on May 1, 1893, and more than 21,000,000 people visited the
fair during the six months it was open to the public. The White
City was a seminal event in America’s history that changed the
way the world viewed Chicago. Fortunately, the fair was documented
in stunning photographs by commercial and amateur photographers.
This volume tells the story of the fair from its construction in
Jackson Park to its destruction by fire after the fair had closed.
Photographs of the exhibition halls, state buildings, foreign
buildings, indoor and outdoor exhibits, the attractions of the
Midway, and the various ways to move about the fairgrounds give a
sense of how visitors experienced this extraordinary time and
place.
Historic Photos of Chicago captures the remarkable journey of the
city of broad shoulders"" and its people through the historic
photographs of the Chicago History Museum. From the Great Fire, to
the rise of industry, through prohibition, World Wars and into the
modern era, Chicago has remained a city of innovation and
resilience. Captions and chapter headings are written by Russell
Lewis, Chief Historian for Chicago History Museum. With hundreds of
archival photos reproduced in stunning duotone on heavy art paper,
this book is an essential addition to any collection of books in
Chicago.""
All thirteen episodes of the drama series starring Derek Jacobi as
the medieval sleuth. In the opening episode 'One Corpse Too Many',
Cadfael, once a man of the world, has become a man of the cloth.
However, this by no means qualifies him as a saint. He discovers a
murder, and sets out in pursuit of the perpertrator, assisted by a
lovely young fugitive. 'The Sanctuary Sparrow' sees Brother Cadfael
investigating the murder of the local goldsmith. In 'The Leper of
St Giles' a great wedding is to take place in the Abbey of
Shrewsbury between Baron Huon (Norman Eshley) and Iveta De Massard
(Tara Fitzgerald). Iveta is a beautiful, kind soul and on the day
she and her betrothed ride into the town she throws money to the
lepers, but her brutish Baron beats them. On the eve of the wedding
he rides off into the night never to return. Cadfael sets out to
find out what is going on. In 'Monk's Hood', a landowner cuts his
son-in-law out of his will, leaving his inheritance to the church.
However, before the transaction is finished, Gervase Gurney
(Bernard Gallagher) is poisoned whilst staying at the Abbey of
Shrewsbury. Cadfael finds someone from his past as he looks into
the poisoning. In 'The Virgin in the Ice' Cadfael has to prove the
innocence of his novice, Oswin (Mark Charnock), who is accused of
murdering a nun after he is found wandering deliriously. In 'The
Devil's Novice', Cadfael is suspicious when a young man, Meriet
(Christien Anholt), arrives at Shrewsbury Abbey wishing to become a
Novice. Canon Eluard (Ian McNeice) shares Cadfael's doubts as to
Meriet's intentions, and when the half-burned body of a colleague
is discovered, Meriet is accused of murder. In 'A Morbid Taste For
Bones', Cadfael reluctantly accompanies an expedition to dig up the
grave of St Winifred, after one of the Shrewsbury monks has a
vision. He soon finds himself investigating a murder, when Lord
Rhysart (John Hallam) is found dead on a forest track with an arrow
in his chest. Robert (Michael Culver) believes the culprit to be
Godwin, who was having an affair with Rhysart's daughter, Sioned
(Anna Friel). However, Cadfael has other ideas. In 'The Rose Rent',
the recently-widowed of a rich merchant becomes an attraction for
the men of Shrewsbury, until one of her suitors and a monk are
murdered. In 'St Peter's Fair', conflict arises between the
townspeople of Shrewsbury and visitors to the annual fair. In 'The
Raven in the Foregate', Cadfael has a double murder to solve when a
pregnant girl and a priest who refused to hear her confession are
both killed. In 'The Holy Thief', Cadfael is on the hunt for a
beautiful slave girl and the bones of St Winifred, both of which
have mysteriously disappeared from the Abbey. In 'The Potter's
Field', Cadfael uncovers a terrible web of jealousy, adultery and
suicide pacts when he examines the past of a potter who has entered
the monastery under suspicious circumstances. Finally, in 'The
Pilgrim of Hate', an old man's corpse is found in a sack in the
Abbey, and Cadfael must find his killer.
The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an
American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the
visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and
food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous
images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers
to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a
roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to
an expansive--and still expanding--food history that not only
helped build Chicago but fed a growing nation. Pizza. Alinea.
Wrigley Spearmint. Soul food. Rick Bayless. Hot Dogs. Koreatown.
Everest. All served up A-Z, and all part of the ultimate reference
on Chicago and its food.
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