Literary Chicago: A Book Lover's Tour of the Windy City

By: Holden, Greg

Book Overview

See Chicago Through the Eyes of its Writers... Discover the Windy City that has attracted and nurtured writers, editors, publishers, and book lovers for more than a century. Trace the steps of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1893121011
• ISBN13: 9781893121010
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Lake Claremont Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Unique, user friendly, and a "must"

Literary Chicago: A Book Lover's Tour Of The Windy City was designed specifically for bibliophiles in need of a fun and lively guidebook to the homes, haunts, and neighborhoods of Chicago's impressive literary figures ranging from Ernest Hemingway, Gwendolyn Brooks, David Mamet, and Carl Sandburg, to Ben Hecht, Mike Royko, Studs Terkel, Edna Ferber, and Saul Bellow. Literary Chicago is unique, user friendly, and a "must" for locals and out-of-towners wanting to explore Chicago's heritage of writers, journalists, poets, editors, publishers, and bookstores.