The Best of Chicago and Illinois

By Lavon Julian

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929520211
• ISBN13: 9780929520216
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: A S P Pub
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

The "Best" is streching it

This is an excellent travel book for Chicago and its surrounding area, but it is not on a level with say a Fodor's guide book. One of the nice features of this book is the excellent photography on nearly every page and the included information on how to take better pictures at the different places you visit. I also liked the witty style of the text -- for example while talking about how to eat Chicago Hot Dogs: "Accept no substitutes. Ketchup can draw stares. Sauerkrat will peg you as an out-of-towner and chili. . .well we won't even talk about that." The drawbacks were minor, but noticeable. The book is about Chicago. There is very little about any other place in Illinois, so the title is very deceiving. There is no information at all about some excellent things to visit in the rural areas just north of Chicago. Another annoying thing is that all of the pictures in the book are captioned in 10 languages, including Greek, Chinese and Polish just to name a few, but the books main text is written exclusively in very coloquial American English. There are also the ads that appear within the book itself, much like it is some kind of magazine. In general, this is a very good guide to the city of Chicago if you are an American travelling there. I wouldn't make it my only guidebook, but its excellent style and detailed information make it a very good second book.