Over-sized hardbound (quarto). First Edition stated. AS NEW. No wear to the binding. No distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading. No dust jacket as issued.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Chicago in the Fifties: Remembering Life in the Loop and the Neighborhoods

Publisher

Chicago's Neighborhoods, Inc., Chicago

Publication Date

2005

Language

English

ISBN 10

0972545646

ISBN 13

9780972545648

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

As New

Dust Jacket Condition

No Jacket

Seller catalogs

Regional Americana

About this title

Synopsis

A nostalgic look at Chicago during the 1950s,with chapters entitled Life in the Neighborhoods, Let's Go Downtown, Growing Up in the City, The Sporting Life, and Entertainment in the City. The book has interviews with 65 current and former Chicagoans,including Hugh Hefner, Shelley Berman, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mike Wallace, Hugh Downs, Mort Sahl, Rich Melman, Warner Saunders, Jack Rosenberg, Georgie Anne Geyer, US District Judge Charles Kocoras,Chuck Schaden, Billy Pierce, Carmen Salvino and Johnny Morris. The book also includes more than 200 duotone, black and white photographs.

About the Author

The authors, Neal Samors and Michael Williams, have collaborated on "The Old Chicago Neighborhood," "Real Chicago," and "Real Chicago Sports." They are lifelong Chicagoans and dedicated this book to describing what life was like in and around the city in the 1950s.

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We are the oldest used/ rare book store in Rockford, Il. Founded in 1958. Located in ca 1900 dutch colonial house. Three floors crammed with books, ephemera, and magazines. Voted best used bookstore by Rockford Magazine. We have a second location at Booth 88, East State Antique Mall, 5301 E. State St. (Bus Rte US20) Rockford, IL. Listed in Used Book Lovers Guide to the Midwest. Store features general stock of 12,000 volumes with specialization in Americana, militaria, and old technology. We are incorporated in the State of Illinois. File # D 6173-879-7.

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