Windy City Stories

By James Dohren

Windy City Stories is a gathering of non-fiction stories created by the author, James Dohren, with the intent of making one of the greatest cities in the world memorable to visitors as well as life-long residents. Inside Windy City Stories the reader will discover scoundrels and visionaries, music and technology, great beauty and great terror, names famous and those lost to popular knowledge. The author has chosen his stories randomly to avoid the familiar and mundane with enjoyable and informative narratives which give depth and breadth to the twenty subjects found in his book. Even stories with seemingly familiar subjects will contain content which will inform and surprise. The author has written his stories in a light and often humorous vein when the subject allows or a darker style when the subject is more serious. You will find this a highly readable book."The 77" Chicago's NeighborhoodsGetting Around Town: Chicago's Street RailroadsThe Windy City: Chicago Political ConventionsThe City by the Lake: Chicago's Front YardA Chicago Lakefront Gem: The Museum of Science and IndustryThe Lakefront Legacy of Lenox LohrVanity FairFrom Pleasure to Terror: Part One-The Iroquois Theater FireFrom Pleasure to Terror: Part Two-The Sinking of the SS EastlandChicago in the Air: A Tale of Three AirportsThe Show Is Over: Chicago Neighborhood Movie Palaces"Laugh Your Troubles Away" Thrills and Chills at Riverview Amusement ParkA Captain's Nation: StreetervilleThe River Now Runs to the SeaChicago's Railroads Sinks to New Depths: The Chicago RR CTA Subway and The Great Chicago FloodFire on the Water: The Terrible Crib Disaster of 1909Chicago on the Air: Early Chicago Radio and TelevisionThe Prairie Farmer Station: The WLS National Barn DanceThe Windy City's Musical Gift to the World: Chicago Style BluesBuilding the Ike: Construction of the Eisenhower ExpresswaySpooky Chicago: Ghosts, Graveyards, Tragedy, and Murder

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620063379
• ISBN13: 9781620063378
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Brown Posey Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"