The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream

by Thomas Dyja

Book Overview

A "New York Times" Notable 100 Book of the year and "Chicago Tribune "Best Book of 2013 Though today it can seem as if all American culture comes out of New York and Los Angeles, much of what defined the nation as it grew into a superpower was produced in Chicago. Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to coast journey included a stop there, and this flow of people and commodities made it America's central clearinghouse, laboratory,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594204322
• ISBN13: 9781594204326
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"