Aurora: A Diverse People Build Their City

by Jim Edwards and Wynette A. Edwards

Book Overview

Take a fascinating journey through the history of Aurora, Illinois with more than 200 vintage photographs and anecdotes from the locals who experienced it.

The history of Aurora, Illinois is one of diversity. This is the first book to trace the city's early days of its first white settlement through World War I and the early 1920s, as seen through the eyes of its diverse ethnic groups. Immigrants from northern, southern, and eastern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738563749
• ISBN13: 9780738563749
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"