Books about Chicago History

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The Jungle
Upton Sinclair

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Native Son
Richard Wright

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Sister Carrie
Theodore Dreiser

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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson

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The Lazarus Project
Aleksandar Hemon

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Chicago: City on the Make
Nelson Algren

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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Karen Abbott

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Chicago by Gaslight: A History of Chicago's Netherworld: 1880-1920
Richard Lindberg

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City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America
Donald L. Miller

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O, Democracy!
Kathleen Rooney

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Mysterious Chicago: History at Its Coolest
Adam Selzer

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City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
Gary Krist

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Chicago Flashback: The People and Events That Shaped a City's History
Stephan Benzkofer

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Knock on Any Door
Willard Motley

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Racial Oppression in the Global Metropolis: A Living Black Chicago History
Paul Street

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The Song of the Lark
Willa Cather

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The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City
Carl Smith

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A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry

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Chicago Then and Now
Elizabeth McNulty

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Curious Toys
Elizabeth Hand

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