Author: George Record PeckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Oration Delivered at Chicago, July 22, 1897
Author: George Record PeckGrant Park
Author: Dennis H CreminPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809332523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
On November 4, 2008, when president-elect Barack Obama celebrated his victory with more than one hundred thousand supporters in Chicago, everyone knew where to meet. Long considered the showplace and cultural center of Chicago, Grant Park has been the site of tragedy and tension, as well as success and joy. In addition to serving as the staging grounds for Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession through the city, the park has been the setting for civil rights protests and the 1968 Democratic National Convention demonstrations. The faithful attended the open-air mass of Pope John Paul II in Grant Park, and fans gathered there to cheer for the Chicago Bulls after their championship wins. The long park overlooking the beautiful waters of Lake Michigan has played an active part in Chicago and U. S. history. In 1836, only three years after Chicago was founded, Chicagoans set aside the first narrow shoreline as public ground and declared it “forever open, clear, and free. . . .” Chicago historian and author Dennis H. Cremin reveals that despite such intent, the transformation of Grant Park to the spectacular park it is more than 175 years later was a gradual process, at first fraught with a lack of funding and organization, and later challenged by erosion, the railroads, automobiles, and a continued battle between original intent and conceptions of progress. Throughout the book, Cremin shows that while Grant Park’s landscape and uses have changed throughout its rocky history, the public ground continues to serve “as a display case for the city and a calling card to visitors.” Amply illustrated with maps and images from throughout Chicago’s history, Grant Park shows readers how Chicago’s “front yard” developed into one of the finest urban parks in the country today. 2014 Illinois State Historical Society Book of the Year
Pamphlets on Biography
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Author: Harper's Weekly
Author: John BonnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1265
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Author index
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Place index
Author: The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces
Author: Testament to Union
Author: Kathryn Allamong JacobPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801858611
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This book tells the stories behind the many District of Columbia statues that honor participants in the Civil War. Organized geographically for easy use on walking or driving tours, the entries list the subject and title of each memorial along with its sculptor, medium, date, and location. 92 photos.