Description
Chicago by Day and Night: The Pleasure Seeker's Guide to the Paris of America, a very unofficial guide to the world beyond the fair, slaked the thirst of such curious folk. The pleasures it details range from the respectable (theatre, architecture, parks, churches and synagogues) to the illicit-drink, gambling and sex. With a wink and a nod, the book decries vice while offering precise directions for the indulgence of any desire. In this newly annotated edition, Chicagoans Paul Durica and Bill Savage-who, if born earlier, might have written chapters in the original-provide colourful context and an informative introduction to a wildly entertaining journey through the Chicago of 120 years ago.
About the Author
Paul Durica is a writer and the founder of Pocket Guide to Hell Tours.
Bill Savage is Distinguished Senior Lecturer in English at Northwestern University, USA. He coedited the 50th Anniversary Critical Edition of Nelson Algren's The Man with the Golden Arm and the Newly Annotated Edition of Algren's Chicago: City on the Make.
Book Information
ISBN 9780810129092
Author Paul Durica
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Northwestern University Press
Publisher Northwestern University Press
Weight(grams) 300g