false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461375m/178389.jpg 178389 3 The acclaimed author of <b>There Are No Children Here</b> takes us into the heart of Chicago by introducing us to some of the city&#8217;s most interesting, if not always celebrated, people.<br><br>Chicago is one of America&#8217;s most iconic, historic, and fascinating cities, as well as a major travel destination. For Alex Kotlowitz, an accidental Chicagoan, it is the perfect perch from which to peer into America&#8217;s heart. It&#8217;s a place, as one historian has said, of &#8220;messy vitalities,&#8221; a stew of contradictions: coarse yet gentle, idealistic yet restrained, grappling with its promise, alternately sure and unsure of itself. <br><br>Chicago, like America, is a kind of refuge for outsiders. It&#8217;s probably why Alex Kotlowitz found comfort there. He&#8217;s drawn to people on the outside who are trying to clean up&#8212;or at least make sense of&#8212;the mess on the inside. Perspective doesn&#8217;t come easy if you&#8217;re standing in the center. As with <b>There Are No Children Here</b>, <b>Never a City So Real</b> is not so much a tour of a place as a chronicle of its soul, its lifeblood. It is a tour of the people of Chicago, who have been the author&#8217;s guides into this city&#8217;s&#8212;and in a broader sense, this country&#8217;s&#8212;heart. 2898173 6 7 2004 Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago (Crown Journeys) total:204|5:46|4:97|3:53|2:8|1:0| 204 793 324 41 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 09:18:13 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 09:24:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 26 15:50:45 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 15:53:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 12:13:10 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 12:16:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 22 17:07:32 -0700 2008 Fri May 22 17:13:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 19:15:16 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 19:16:25 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 18:46:14 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 12:41:57 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 03:59:43 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 23:09:26 -0700 2008 Gold Coast/River North/Lincoln Park crowd is totally absent – which is fine. The father-in-law who improves a Gauguin by adding a cat and who fights f...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 12:42:28 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 12:44:10 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 15 10:53:29 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 10:53:29 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 10:54:02 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 10:57:34 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 08:05:37 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 08:09:04 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Feb 13 19:58:07 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 19:58:26 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 10:46:16 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 20:31:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 12:12:43 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 14:11:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 10:28:17 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 12 09:51:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 28 11:16:30 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 08:41:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 19:32:38 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 07:39:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 07:28:35 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 07:31:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 16 14:30:14 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 14:42:17 -0800 2008
Captures the working-man spirit of Chi and the melancholy that accompanies it's current disintegration.

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