Chicago Flashback: The People and Events That Shaped a City's History

Name: Chicago Flashback: The People and Events That Shaped a City's History
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Rating: 4.7 (112 reviews)
Author: Chicago Tribune

by Chicago Tribune

Nonfiction

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Perfect for you if...

You grew up in Chicago or have deep ties to the city and want to see its history through the eyes of the people who lived it.
You collect local history books and enjoy the specificity of place-based storytelling over broad national narratives.
You love archival photographs and the sense of immediacy they bring to historical events, no matter how big or small.

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You prefer deeply analytical history books with scholarly context and footnotes over journalistic storytelling.
You're looking for a comprehensive single narrative rather than a collection of standalone pieces and vignettes.
You want colour photography and modern design; black-and-white archival images feel dated to you.

About this book

Chicago Flashback presents the history of America's third-largest city through stories and photographs from the Chicago Tribune archives. The Chicago Tribune has documented the city's news since 1847, creating a comprehensive historical record of Chicago from its incorporation in 1837 through the present day. For the past decade, the Tribune has published a weekly feature called Chicago Flashback, which highlights significant people and events that shaped the city's history and culture. This collection brings together the best of those features in a single volume. Each story is paired with at least one black-and-white photograph from the Tribune's archive, housed in the vault beneath Tribune Tower on Michigan Avenue. The selections span from humorous to tragic to unusual to remarkable moments in Chicago's past.

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