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Chicago (Ill.)
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The JunglePresents Upton Sinclair's classic novel, which depicts the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young Lithuanian immigrant struggling in early-twentieth-century America, and incl |
FIC SIN |
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Twenty Years at Hull-housePresents Hull House founder Jane Addams's account of her work at the settlement home in Chicago's West side slums during the years between 1889 to 1909. |
92 ADD |
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CaponeBiography of Chicago criminal Al Capone discussing his life, criminal activity, the complex personality of the man, and the Prohibition era. |
92 CAP |
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Unafraid of the DarkA memoir in which the author, one of the first African-American women at Yale, shares the story of her life growing up poor in Chicago in the 1960s, and tells how the welfare system saved the family b |
92 BRA |
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The Great FireAn account of the Great Chicago Fire combines archival photographs and drawings with personal accounts by its survivors and historical documents. |
977.3 MUR |
