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Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.
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2012
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BOOK
1990
Chicago originals : a cast of the city's colorful characters
Heise, Kenan.
Chicago, Ill. : Bonus Books, [1990]
 
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  977.3100992 HEI    AVAILABLE
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BOOK
1923
Chicago's highways, old and new : from Indian trail to motor road
Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959.
Chicago : D.F. Keller, 1923.
 
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BOOK
2004
Chicago's mansions
Graf, John.
Charleston, SC : Arcadia, [2004]
 
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BOOK
2008
Chief O'Neill's sketchy recollections of an eventful life in Chicago
O'Neill, Francis, 1848-1936.
Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2008.
 
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BOOK
2023
Choosing family : a memoir of queer motherhood and Black resistance
Royster, Francesca T.
New York : Abrams Press, [2023]
 
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EBOOK
2015
Empire of deception
Jobb, Dean, 1958- author.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2015.
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2015
Empire of deception : the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated th
Jobb, Dean, 1958- author.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2015.
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BOOK
1943
Giants gone : men who made Chicago
Poole, Ernest, 1880-1950.
New York : Whittlesey house, [1943]
 
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 Nichols Adult Reference Local History  R 977.311 POO    LIB USE ONLY
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EAUDIOBOOK
2013
Good in a crisis
Overton, Margaret.
[United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2013.
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EBOOK
2012
Good in a crisis a memoir
Overton, Margaret.
London : Bloomsbury, [2012]
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BOOK
2001
Great Chicago fires : historic blazes that shaped a city
Cowan, David, 1963-
Chicago : Lake Claremont Press, 2001.
 
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EBOOK
2021
Hannah G. Solomon dared to make a difference
Lindauer, Bonnie Gratch, author.
Minneapolis, MN : Kar-Ben Publishing, [2021]
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2019
Hidden Chicago landmarks
Schmidt, John R., 1947- author.
Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2019.
 
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BOOK
1975
A history of Chicago
Pierce, Bessie Louise, 1888-1974.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1975][1937-1957]
 
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BOOK
1886
History of Chicago : from the earliest period to the present time
Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900.
Chicago : A.T. Andreas, 1884-86.
 
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2022
The house that Madigan built : the record run of Illinois' Velvet Hammer
Long, Ray, author.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]
 
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BOOK
2000
Lost Chicago
Lowe, David, 1933-
New York : Watson-Guptill, 2000.
 
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BOOK
2009
A man of salt and trees : the life of Joy Morton
Ballowe, James.
DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2009]
 
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2002
The Marshall Fields
Madsen, Axel.
New York : J. Wiley, [2002]
 
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BOOK
2012
Michelle Obama, a biography
Bond, Alma Halbert.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, [2012]
 
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BOOK
2009
Michelle Obama : first lady of hope
Lightfoot, Elizabeth.
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2009]
 
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EAUDIOBOOK
2008
Michelle Obama : first lady of hope
Lightfoot, Elizabeth.
[United States] : Globe Pequot Press, 2008.
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EBOOK
2019
Michelle Obama : ex primera dama y modelo a seguir
Hansen, Grace, author.
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Kids, [2019]
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BOOK
2020
A most beautiful thing : the true story of America's first all-black high school rowing team
Cooper, Arshay, author.
New York : Flatiron Books, 2020.
 
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  797.1230977 COO    AVAILABLE
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BOOK
2004
Never a city so real : a walk in Chicago
Kotlowitz, Alex.
New York : Crown Journeys, [2004]
 
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BOOK
1941
Old Chicago houses
Drury, John, 1898-
Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, [1941]
 
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EAUDIOBOOK
2017
Once a king, always a king : the unmaking of a Latin king
Sanchez, Reymundo, 1963-
[United States] : Tantor Audio, 2017.
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EBOOK
2004
Once a king, always a king : the unmaking of a Latin king
Sanchez, Reymundo, 1963-
[United States] : Chicago Review Press, 2004.
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2011
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2011
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BOOK
2021
Three girls from Bronzeville : a uniquely American memoir of race, fate, and sisterhood
Turner, Dawn, author.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
2 holds on first copy returned of 10 copies
 
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LARGE TYPE
2021
THREE GIRLS FROM BRONZEVILLE : A UNIQUELY AMERICAN MEMOIR OF RACE, FATE, AND SISTERHOOD
Turner, Dawn, author.
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2021]
 
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EAUDIOBOOK
2011
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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BOOK
2017
Chicago flashback : the people and events that shaped a city's history

Chicago : Midway, an Agate imprint, [2017]
 
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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EBOOK
2015
Chicago : a comix memoir
Head, Glenn, artist, author.
[United States] : Fantagraphics Books, 2015.
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BOOK
2022
How to make a monster
Frankenstein, Casanova, author.
Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, 2022.
 
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction Graphic Novels  GN 741.56973 FRA    AVAILABLE
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
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BOOK
1941
Who's who in Chicago and vicinity.

Chicago : A.N. Marquis Co., 1931-1941.
 
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BOOK
2001
Women building Chicago 1790-1990 : a biographical dictionary

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2001]
 
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