![]() ![]() Chicago by the Book profiles 101 landmark publications about Chicago from the past 170 years that have helped define the city and its image. With this beautifully produced collection, Chicago’s rich literary tradition finally gets its due. The city’s robust commercial printing industry supported a flourishing culture of the book. Chicago’s literary magazines The Little Review and Poetry introduced the world to Eliot, Hemingway, Joyce, and Pound. ![]() The city has fostered writers such as Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow, and Gwendolyn Brooks. The great Chicago Fire led to the founding of the Chicago Public Library. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle arose from the midwestern capital’s most infamous industry. Liebling gave the Second City its nickname. Despite its rough-and-tumble image, Chicago has long been identified as a city where books take center stage. ![]()
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