HISTORY OF CHICAGO. HISTORICAL AND COMMERCIAL STATISTICS, SKETCHES, FACTS AND FIGURES, REPUBLISHED FROM THE "DAILY DEMOCRATIC PRESS." WHAT I REMEMBER OF EARLY CHICAGO, A LECTURE DELIVERED IN McCORMICK;S HALL, JANUARY 23, 1875, (TRIBUNE, JANUARY 24th,) BY WILLIAM BROSS, EX- LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS.

WILLIAM BROSS

Editore: JANSEN, McCLURG & CO, CHICAGO, IL, 1876

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THIS REBOUND BOOK IS COVERED IN RED CLOTH WITH A GOLD STAMPED TITLE ON THE SPINE. THE INTERIOR CONTENTS ARE CLEAN AND TIGHT. THE BOOK WAS PRINTED BY RAND, McNALLY & CO. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. THERE IS A SMALL BOOKSELLER'S LABEL ON THE INSIDE OF THE REAR COVER. THE AUTHOR WAS A SETTLER IN CHICAGO WHO FOUNDED THE CHICAGO "DAILY DEMOCRATIC PRESS" NEWSPAPER THAT MERGED INTO THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" NEWSPAPER." HIS EXPERIENCES AND PUBLICATIONS FOR THE CHICAGO NEWSPAPERS IS PUBLISHED FROM HIS OWN PERSONAL FILES THAT SURVIVED THE GREAT FIRE OF 1871. THE SECTION OF THE GROWTH OF THE RAILROADS IN AND AROUND CHICAGO AND SUBSEQUENT EVOLUTION OF CHICAGO'S INDUSTRY, MARKETING, BANKING AND OTHER SUCCESSFUL VENTURES IS A MAJOR FEATURE OF THIS BOOK. THIS BOOK IS A RESOURCE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE REMARAKABLE GROWTH OF CHICAGO'S INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS IN THE MID 19 th CENTURY. THE FACTS AND DATA IN THIS BOOK ARE NOT READILY FOUND IN OTHER CHICAGO HISTORIES. Codice articolo 002176

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Titolo: HISTORY OF CHICAGO. HISTORICAL AND ...

Casa editrice: JANSEN, McCLURG & CO, CHICAGO, IL

Data di pubblicazione: 1876

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket

Edizione: First Edition.