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Author: Harold L Platt Publisher: Temple University Press ISBN: 1439915490 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 305
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The dry years -- Introduction : cities, sprawl, and climate change -- The triumph of metropolitanism, 1885-1910 -- The defeat of conservationism, 1910-1920 -- The rise and fall of the American dream, 1920-1945 -- The wet years -- The boom of suburban growth, 1945-1965 -- The bust of urban decline, 1965-1985 -- The rebirth of urban nature, 1985-2011 -- Conclusion : cities, adaptation, and prairie wetlands
Author: Harold L Platt Publisher: Temple University Press ISBN: 1439915490 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 305
Book Description
The dry years -- Introduction : cities, sprawl, and climate change -- The triumph of metropolitanism, 1885-1910 -- The defeat of conservationism, 1910-1920 -- The rise and fall of the American dream, 1920-1945 -- The wet years -- The boom of suburban growth, 1945-1965 -- The bust of urban decline, 1965-1985 -- The rebirth of urban nature, 1985-2011 -- Conclusion : cities, adaptation, and prairie wetlands
Author: Jay R. Bonansinga Publisher: Citadel Press ISBN: 9780806526287 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 314
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At once riveting and poignant, The Sinking of the Eastland brings to life a bygone era that yielded one of the most significant American disasters of the last century. Includes 16 pages of black and white photos.
Author: Ted Wachholz Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738534411 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
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A pictorial chronicle of the events of July 24, 1915, when the steamship Eastland capsized and sank in the port of Chicago, killing over eight hundred people.
Author: Ted Wachholz Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1439615470 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 132
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July 24, 1915 was supposed to be Chicago's social event of a lifetime, but turned into a tragedy unlike any other. More than 7,000 people living in the Chicago area and Michigan City, Indiana, eagerly anticipated Saturday morning, July 24, 1915. This particular Saturday was going to be anything but a routine summer day. Plans had been carefully made for it to be the social and entertainment event of the year, and for some, a lifetime. The fifth annual midsummer excursion and picnic had been organized by the employees of the Western Electric Company's Hawthorne Works. Thousands of carefree merrymakers would enjoy a festive day including a lovely cruise across Lake Michigan to an awaiting parade and day-long picnic. The day would conclude with an evening cruise back to Chicago. For thousands of hard-working immigrant laborers and their families and friends, it was going to be a day to remember. Instead, the day's scheduled event turned into a tragedy never before seen. The SS Eastland, while still tied to the wharf, rolled into the Chicago River with more than 2,500 passengers on board. Nearly 850 people lost their lives, including 22 entire families. The ensuing struggle for survival, and the resulting death, heroism, cowardice, greed, and scandal gripped the city of Chicago.
Author: Steve Sheinkin Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1596437960 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 209
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Describes the fifty black sailors who refused to work in unsafe and unfair conditions after an explosion in Port Chicago killed 320 servicemen, and how the incident influenced civil rights.
Author: George W. Hilton Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9780804728010 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 396
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An account of the 1915 capsizing of the steamer Eastland in the Chicago River, an accident that killed more than eight hundred people, details the role of safety measures instituted after the sinking of the Titantic and examines the civil and criminal court proceedings which followed it.
Author: Gayle Soucek Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1614232741 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 109
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Fire and flood, train wreck and tornado—a look at the many disasters Chicago has endured over the years, with photos and illustrations. The story of Chicago is often likened to that of a phoenix rising out of the ashes of the Great Fire. Yet that infamous event was only part of the destruction that has shaped Chicago’s identity. This unique history explores the calamities that have befallen the Windy City, such as the 1954 killer water surge that swept in on a calm summer day; the 1967 tornado that ripped through rush hour traffic; the 1886 Haymarket Square riot that put Chicago on the anarchist map; and many other acts of nature and human folly. As you witness a fireproof theater burn, a flood rise up without rain, and one of the greatest maritime disasters occur within city limits, you’ll gain a new appreciation for how this city has endured through unexpected tragedies and produced many unlikely heroes.
Author: Patricia Sutton Publisher: Chicago Review Press ISBN: 161373946X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 128
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New York Public Library's "100 Best Books for Kids" Kirkus Reviews' "Best Books of 2018" 2019 Society of Midland Authors Literary Award Honoree 2019 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List 2019 Cybils Literary Award Winner A 2019 Cooperative Children's Book Center's Choice Wisconsin Writers Contest 2018 Winner of the Tofte/Wright Children's Literary Award On July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland, filled to capacity with 2,500 passengers and crew, capsized in the Chicago River while still moored to the pier. Happy picnic-goers headed for an employee outing across Lake Michigan suddenly found themselves in a struggle for their lives. Trapped belowdecks, crushed by the crowds attempting to escape the rising waters, or hurled into the river from the upper deck of the ship, roughly one-third of the passengers, mostly women and children, perished that day. The Eastland disaster took more passenger lives than the Titanic and stands today as the greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes. Capsized! details the events leading up to the fateful day and provides a nail-biting, minute-by-minute account of the ship's capsizing. From the courage of the survivors to the despair of families who lost loved ones, author Patricia Sutton brings to light the stories of ordinary working people enduring the unthinkable. Capsized! also raises critical-thinking questions for young readers: Why do we know so much about the Titanic's sinking yet so little about the Eastland disaster? What causes a tragedy to be forgotten and left out of society's collective memory? And what lessons from this disaster might we be able to apply today?
Author: Lauren Tarshis Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 0545658470 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 86
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Could an entire city really burn to the ground? Oscar Starling never wanted to come to Chicago. But then Oscar finds himself not just in the heart of the big city, but in the middle of a terrible fire! No one knows exactly how it began, but one thing is clear: Chicago is like a giant powder keg about to explode.An army of firemen is trying to help, but this fire is a ferocious beast that wants to devour everything in its path, including Oscar! Will Oscar survive one of the most famous and devastating fires in history? Lauren Tarshis brings history's most exciting and terrifying events to life in this New York Times-bestselling series. Readers will be transported by stories of amazing kids and how they survived!
Author: Elisa Gabbert Publisher: FSG Originals ISBN: 0374720339 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 171
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"Terror, disaster, memory, selfhood, happiness . . . leave it to a poet to tackle the unthinkable so wisely and so wittily."* A literary guide to life in the pre-apocalypse, The Unreality of Memory collects profound and prophetic essays on the Internet age’s media-saturated disaster coverage and our addiction to viewing and discussing the world’s ills. We stare at our phones. We keep multiple tabs open. Our chats and conversations are full of the phrase “Did you see?” The feeling that we’re living in the worst of times seems to be intensifying, alongside a desire to know precisely how bad things have gotten—and each new catastrophe distracts us from the last. The Unreality of Memory collects provocative, searching essays on disaster culture, climate anxiety, and our mounting collective sense of doom. In this new collection, acclaimed poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert explores our obsessions with disasters past and future, from the sinking of the Titanic to Chernobyl, from witch hunts to the plague. These deeply researched, prophetic meditations question how the world will end—if indeed it will—and why we can’t stop fantasizing about it. Can we avoid repeating history? Can we understand our moment from inside the moment? With The Unreality of Memory, Gabbert offers a hauntingly perceptive analysis of our new ways of being and a means of reconciling ourselves to this unreal new world. "A work of sheer brilliance, beauty and bravery.” *—Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less
Author: Harold L Platt
Author: Harold L Platt
Author: Jay R. Bonansinga
Author: Ted Wachholz
Author: Ted Wachholz
Author: Steve Sheinkin
Author: George W. Hilton
Author: Gayle Soucek
Author: Patricia Sutton
Author: Lauren Tarshis
Author: Elisa Gabbert