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West Side Stories

Catalog Number: 
Book, Bailey, George
Date: 
1992
Abstract: 
Short stories from west side neighborhoods of Chicago. "The force of each writer's vision and language carries you into the living rooms and kitchens where the real folk of the West Side go about the business of living. 'West Side Stories' presents the everyday, the brutal, the glorious."
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Signed by contributors Diane Williams and Sandi Wisenberg.
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ISSN/ISBN: 
0962742511

Reversing Urban Decline: The Winthrop-Kenmore Corridor in the Edgewater and Uptown Communities of Chicago

Catalog Number: 
Book, Marciniak Ed
Date: 
1981
Volume: 
1st ed
Abstract: 
<p> From the back cover: Many large US cities flounder as they search for ways to stem the spread of poverty and blight, to rehabilitate older areas and to rebuild their inner core. &quot;Reversing Urban Decline is the second of three reports which describe the link between neighborhood revitalization and the future of the city.</p>
Language: 
eng
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ISSN/ISBN: 
0-940-798-00-X

La Voz Del Paseo Boricua

Date: 
April 2007
Volume: 
Vol. 4, No. 2
Abstract: 
Monthly magazine dedicated to "informing and advocating for the preservation of our 'pedacito de patria' (our 'little piece of the homeland') in Chicago"
Language: 
English/Spanish
Notes: 
This magazine reads in English from one cover to the center
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La Voz Del Paseo Boricua

Date: 
October 2007
Volume: 
Vol. 4, No. 7
Abstract: 
Monthly magazine dedicated to "informing and advocating for the preservation of our 'pedacito de patria' (our 'little piece of the homeland') in Chicago"
Language: 
Spanish/English
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How to Pick Up Your Teeth with No Arms: an Autobiography

Catalog Number: 
z.29.5
Date: 
2006
Volume: 
1st ed
Abstract: 
An introduction to Patrick&rsquo;s autobiography. This is Part I. Recollections from growing up in an Irish family Queens during the Depression.
Language: 
eng
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Near West Side Stories: Struggles for Community in Chicago's Maxwell Street Neighborhood

Catalog Number: 
b.20.5
Date: 
June 2002
Volume: 
1st ed
Abstract: 
<em>Near West Side Stories: Struggles for Community in Chicago's Maxwell Street Neighborhood</em> is an ongoing story of unequal power in Chicago. Four representatives of immigrant and migrant groups that have had a distinct territorial presence in the area&mdash;one Jewish, one Italian, one African-American, and one Mexican&mdash;reminisce fondly on life in the old neighborhood and tell of their struggles to save it and the 120-year-old Maxwell Street Market that was at its core. <p> <em>Near West Side Stories</em> brings this saga of community strife up to date, while giving a voice to the everyday people who were routinely discounted or ignored in the big decisions that affected their world. Though slaying that dragon&mdash;fending off the encroachments of those wielding great power&mdash;was nearly impossible, we see in the details of their lives the love for a place that compelled Harold, Florence, Nate, and Hilda to make the quest.</p>
Language: 
eng
Notes: 
Abstract borrowed from Lake Claremont.
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ISSN/ISBN: 
1-893121-09-7

Expressions from Englewood

Catalog Number: 
b.34
Date: 
2006
Volume: 
Vol. 1
Abstract: 
<p>A collection of essays, poetry, and fiction from the Englewood community, compiled by a professor at Kennedy King College, and including the work of college students, high school students, and other community members.&nbsp;</p>ontributors continued: Gary Henry aka Zashura, Bridgett Vaughn, Barbara Floyd, Derrick English, Brian Bolden, Terry Clark, Jacquie Hood Martin, Ilyas Qawishabazz, Christopher Marchman, Arlicia Corley, Pavla Binkins, Sharon Williams, Haki Madhubuti, Desmond McFarlane, Julienne Thomas, Abe Mendez<br /> <br /> Keywords continued: Dr. Wayne D. Watson, Chrsitianity, City Colleges of Chicago, Murder, Million Man March, Poverty, Responsibility, Friendship, Burr Oak Cemetary, Lake Michigan, Native American,
Language: 
eng
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ISSN/ISBN: 
0-9788384-0-8

Finding Your Chicago Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History in the City and Cook County

Catalog Number: 
b.20.2
Date: 
March 2005
Volume: 
1st ed
Abstract: 
Family historian Grace DuMelle provides the means to trace your Chicago connections like a pro. She shows you not just what to research, but how to research. Without wading through lots of preliminaries, choose any of the self-contained chapters that focus on the questions beginners most want answered and jump right in! (From publisher)
Language: 
eng
Notes: 
Abstract borrowed from Lake Claremont.
Format: 
ISSN/ISBN: 
1-893121-25-9

The Urban Poems

Catalog Number: 
book,Hernández, Jorge
Date: 
2004
Volume: 
1st ed
Abstract: 
David's new book brings together city poems from many sources, including folders on David's desk. John provides a generous introduction, and the illustrations combine the murals and paintings of Gamaliel Ramirez with photos of other art works and urban icons by Wayne Allen Jones, designer and typesetter of the book. This set brings together the poems that were the basis for the 1991 radio show in which John and David exchanged poems fueling the debate and ironic views of the dialectic between Chicago and its suburbs.
Language: 
English
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Abstract borrowed from Fractal Edge.
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ISSN/ISBN: 
1933126043

Rooftop Piper

Catalog Number: 
b.14
Date: 
1993
Volume: 
2nd Printing
Abstract: 
90 poems on the author's neighborhood, friends, and observations of Chicago in general., as well as thoughts on cultural and labor politics.<br />
Language: 
eng
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ISSN/ISBN: 
0-9624287-3-6

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