false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173065360m/243490.jpg 243490 2 It's hard to believe that as late as 1830, Chicago was a desolate fur-trading outpost. Within half a century, it become a manufacturing, agriculture and industrial center and the railroad capital of the country. Donald L. Miller, a history professor at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, chronicles the evolution of the "Windy City" and the people who made their mark in it. From railroad entrepreneur George Pullman, to retailers Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck, to reaper inventor Cyrus McCormick and architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago was built by innovators. With its system of mass transit, regimented work force, diverse immigrant groups and historic battles between private and public good, Chicago symbolizes the emergence of modern American life. 235900 1996 City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America total:108|5:31|4:48|3:23|2:6|1:0| 108 428 194 22 5 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 19:06:07 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 19:53:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 08 09:07:55 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 09:11:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 19 11:00:09 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 11:03:48 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 07 08:25:24 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 08:26:10 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 16 16:20:19 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 16:08:41 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 15:52:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Mon Mar 02 20:01:40 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 20:02:25 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 09:02:15 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 12:21:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Aug 26 17:27:41 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 17:30:26 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 09:44:01 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 13:39:19 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jul 13 13:00:40 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 12:43:34 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Dec 23 16:31:35 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 16:42:32 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Wed Oct 17 21:05:09 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 31 08:07:11 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun May 04 08:13:53 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 14 09:14:24 -0700 2007 Sun May 04 08:13:53 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jul 23 09:20:24 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 13:18:14 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Aug 03 01:07:29 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 02:08:17 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Aug 05 08:33:47 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 08:35:10 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Apr 30 14:11:14 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 30 14:11:56 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Nov 09 11:05:38 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 11:07:31 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Sep 14 16:38:56 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 16:39:30 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 15 11:48:14 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 11:48:34 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=243490