20th Century Chicago: 100 Years 100 Voices

by Chicago Sun-Times

This unique book, compiled from the daily series in the Sun-Times, weaves the history of Chicago's the stockyards, the First Ward Ball, the Iroquois fire, the Eastland disaster, Prohibition and Al Capone, the reign of Mayor Richard J. Daley, the Democratic convention and the tumultuous summer of 1968, the city's sports championships, the founding of some of Chicago's greatest institutions, and the celebration of the city's great ethnic communities.

216 pages, Hardcover

First published December 24, 1999