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Author Hecht, Ben, 1893-1964.

Title A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago / Ben Hecht ; design and illustrations by Herman Rosse ; with an introduction by Bill Savage.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  977.311 H355t 2009    ---  Available
Description 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary In 1921, Ben Hecht wrote a column for the Chicago Daily News that his editor called "journalism extraordinary; journalism that invaded the realm of literature." Hecht's collection of sixty-four of these pieces, illustrated with striking pen drawings by Herman Rosse, is a timeless caricature of urban American life in the jazz age, updated with a new Introduction for the twenty-first century. From the glittering opulence of Michigan Avenue to the darkest ruminations of an escaped convict, from captains of industry to immigrant day laborers, Hecht captures 1920s Chicago in all its furor, intensity, and absurdity.
Subject Nineteen twenties.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Description and travel.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Added Author Rosse, Herman, 1887-1965 illustrator.
Savage, Bill.
Added Title One thousand and one afternoons in Chicago
ISBN 9780226322742 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226322742 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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