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 Title:  A wild kind of boldness: the Chicago history reader    
 Creator:  Adams, Rosemary K. 
 Publication:  William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, Chicago Historical Society, Grand Rapids, Mich, Chicago,c1998. 
 Notes:  Includes index. 
 Call #:  F38ZD W668 
 Extent:  xiv, 458 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  History of Chicago: From the earliest period to the present time    
 Creator:  Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900 
 Publication:  A. T. Andreas, Chicago,1884-86. 
 Call #:  F38ZD A5 
 Extent:  3 v. fronts., illus., plates (1 fold.) ports., maps (1 double) 31 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
 
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 Title:  Poles in America: their contribution to a century of progress : a commemorative souvenir book compiled and published on the occasion of the Polish Week of Hospitality, July 17 to 23, a Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933    
 Creator:  Polish Day Association 
 Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
 Publication:  Polish Day Association, Chicago, Ill,[1933?] 
 Notes:  English or Polish. 
 Call #:  F38ZSL P7P766 
 Extent:  263 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. 
 Subjects:  Polish Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History | Polish Americans -- History | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  The annals of Chicago: a lecture delivered before the Chicago lyceum, January 21, 1840    
 Creator:  Balestier, Joseph Neree, b. 1815? 
 Publication:  Fergus printing company, Chicago,1876. 
 Call #:  F38A F352 no.1 
 Extent:  48 p. 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  The discovery and conquests of the Northwest: including the early history of Chicago, Detroit, Vincennes, St. Louis, Ft. Wayne, Prairie du Chien, Marietta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, etc., etc., and incidents of pioneer life in the region of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley    
 Creator:  Blanchard, Rufus, 1821-1904 
 Haines, Elijah M. (Elijah Middlebrook), 1822-1889
 Publication:  Cushing, Thomas & Co, Chicago,1880. 
 Notes:  Includes index. "Indian names. By E. M. Haines": p. 475-484. "Washington's journal of a tour to the Ohio, in 1753. With notes by John G. Shea": p. [1]-30, at end. 
 Call #:  F33D B639 
 Extent:  484, [1], 30, iv p., [18] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America -- Northwest, Old | Indians of North America -- Names | Northwest, Old -- History | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  Discovery and conquests of the North-west, with the history of Chicago    
 Creator:  Blanchard, Rufus, 1821-1904 
 Publication:  R. Blanchard & Co, Wheaton [Ill.],1879. 
 Notes:  Text is the same as in his "Discovery and conquests of the Northwest", except the part relating to Chicago, which is much enlarged. Issued in parts. 
 Call #:  F38ZD B639 
 Extent:  768 p. plates, maps (part double) 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Illinois -- History | Northwest, Old -- History | Ohio River Valley -- History
 
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 Title:  The story of the Untouchables as told by Eliot Ness    
 Creator:  Borroel, Roger 
 Publication:   
 Notes:  "Cover photo of Eliot Ness, courtesy of Cleveland Press Collection." Spiral bound. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196). 
 Call #:  HV9956 C47 B67 2012 
 Extent:  vi, 200 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  Ness, Eliot | Capone, Al, -- 1899-1947 | Capone, Al, 1899-1947 | Ness, Eliot | Detectives -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography | Law enforcement -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History | Detectives | Law enforcement | Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Illinois Chicago | Biography | History
 
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 Title:  The present and future prospects of Chicago: an address delivered before the Chicago Lyceum, January 20, 1846    
 Creator:  Brown, Henry, 1789-1849 
 Marshall, James Augustus, b. 1809
 Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
 Publication:  Fergus Printing Co, Chicago,1876. 
 Call #:  F38A F352 no.9 
 Extent:  48 p. ; 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  Chicago and its suburbs    
 Creator:  Chamberlin, Everett. 
 Publication:  T. A. Hungerford & co, Chicago,1874. 
 Call #:  B 7586 
 Extent:  468 p. incl. front., illus., fold. map. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Chicago (Ill.) -- Description and travel | Chicago (Ill.) -- Suburbs | Chicago (Ill.) | Chicago metropolitan area
 
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 Title:  Recollections of seventy years    
 Creator:  Chetlain, Augustus L. (Augustus Louis), 1824-1914 
 Publication:  The Gazette Publishing Company, Galena,1899. 
 Notes:  Bound in green cloth; stamped in gold and blind; decorated endpapers. Inscribed by the author to a member of his Civil War staff. 
 Call #:  E467.1 C52C5 
 Extent:  [1]-304p. : ill. ; 21.3 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives | Galena (Ill.) -- History | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  Bygone days in Chicago: recollections of the "Garden city" of the sixties    
 Creator:  Cook, Frederick Francis. 
 Publication:  A. C. McClurg & Co, Chicago,1910. 
 Notes:  Includes index. 
 Call #:  F38Z C532C7 
 Extent:  xvi, [5], 400 p. incl. front. plates, ports., facsims. 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs
 
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 Title:  The story of old Fort Dearborn    
 Creator:  Currey, J. Seymour (Josiah Seymour), 1844-1928 
 Publication:  A.C. McClurg, Chicago,1912. 
 Notes:  Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. 
 Call #:  B 8039 
 Extent:  173 p. front., plates, ports., maps, facsim. 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Massacres -- Illinois -- Chicago | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  Fergus' directory of the city of Chicago, 1839    
 Creator:  Fergus, Robert, 1815-1897 
 Publication:  Fergus printing company, Chicago,1876. 
 Call #:  F38A F352 no.2 
 Extent:  68 p. front. (port.) 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- Directories | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  Altgeld's America: the Lincoln ideal versus changing realities    
 Creator:  Ginger, Ray. 
 Publication:  Funk & Wagnalls Co, New York,[1958] 
 Notes:  Includes bibliography. 
 Call #:  F38ZD G49 
 Extent:  376 p. 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Altgeld, John Peter, -- 1847-1902 | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  John Kinzie: the "father of Chicago" ; a sketch    
 Creator:  Gordon, Eleanor Lytle Kinzie, 1835-1917 
 Publication:  Savannah? Ga,c1910] 
 Notes:  On cover: John Kinzie, Chicago's pioneer, a sketch. 
 Call #:  P 1728 
 Extent:  31 p. plates, fold. facsim. 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Kinzie, John, -- 1763-1828 | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  Antoine Ouilmette, a resident of Chicago A.D. 1790-1826: The first settler of Evanston and Wilmette (1826-1838) with a brief history of his family and the Ouilmette reservation    
 Creator:  Grover, Frank R. (Frank Reed), b. 1858 
 Publication:  Evanston Historical Society, Evanston, Ill.],1908. 
 Call #:  Pam. G724 
 Extent:  26 p. pl. 
 Subjects:  Ouilmette, Antoine, 1760-1841 | Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Evanston (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  A winter in the West: letters descriptive of Chicago and vicinity in 1833-4    
 Creator:  Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 1806-1884 
 Publication:  Fergus Print. Co, Chicago,1882. 
 Notes:  Selections from edition of 1835. 
 Call #:  P 3083 
 Extent:  64 p. front.(port.) 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  Wau-bun: the "early day" in the North-west    
 Creator:  Kinzie, John H.Mrs, 1806-1870 
 Gordon, Eleanor Lytle Kinzie, 1835-1917
 Publication:  Rand, McNally & company, Chicago, New York,[c1901] 
 Call #:  F42JE K56W3 
 Extent:  xiii. 15-393, a-j p. plates, 2 port. (incl. front.) 19 cm. 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin | Northwest, Old -- Description and travel | Fort Winnebago (Portage, Wis.) | Illinois -- Description and travel | Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Illinois -- Description and travel | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  Wau-bun, the "early day" in the North-west    
 Creator:  Kinzie, John H.Mrs, 1806-1870 
 Publication:  Derby & Jackson, D.B. Cooke & Co. [etc., etc.], New York, Chicago,1856. 
 Call #:  F42JE K56W1 
 Extent:  xii, 13-498 p. front., plates. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois | Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin | Northwest, Old -- Description and travel | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
 
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 Title:  Wau-bun, the "early day" in the North-west    
 Creator:  Kinzie, John H.Mrs, 1806-1870 
 Publication:  Derby & Jackson, H.W. Derby & co, New York, Cincinnati,1856. 
 Notes:  Narrative of travel in Wisconsin and Illinois; life at Fort Winnebago (Portage) Wisconsin, 1830-1833; Chicago in 1831; Chicago massacre of 1812. 
 Call #:  F42JE K56W 
 Extent:  xii, 13-498 p. front., plates. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin | Northwest, Old -- Description and travel | Portage (Wis.) | Illinois -- Description and travel | Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Ohio imprints 1856
 
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