The Third Coast : When Chicago Built the American Dream Paperback - 2014
by Dyja, Thomas L
- Used
Description
Details
- Title The Third Coast : When Chicago Built the American Dream
- Author Dyja, Thomas L
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 560
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, Qf5
- Date 2014-03-25
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP102283128
- ISBN 9780143125099 / 0143125095
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.3 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 3.30 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Midwest
- Cultural Region: Upper Midwest
- Geographic Orientation: Illinois
- Locality: Chicago, Illinois
- Library of Congress subjects Chicago (Ill.) - History - 20th century, Chicago (Ill.) - Intellectual life - 20th
- Dewey Decimal Code 977.311
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Summary
Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to-coast journey included a stop in Chicago, and this flow of people and commodities made it the crucible for American culture and innovation. In luminous prose, Chicago native Thomas Dyja re-creates the story of the city in its postwar prime and explains its profound impact on modern America—from Chess Records to Playboy, McDonald’s to the University of Chicago. Populated with an incredible cast of characters, including Mahalia Jackson, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry, Sun Ra, Simone de Beauvoir, Nelson Algren, Gwendolyn Brooks, Studs Turkel, and Mayor Richard J. Daley, The Third Coast recalls the prominence of the Windy City in all its grandeur.
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Citations
- New York Times Book Review, 04/27/2014, Page 32
