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1972, Soft Cover, 175 pages, Black and White photographs
Through photographs and narrative, Lois Wille recreates the story of how Chicago’s lakefront has survived more than 150 years of development. We watch as a colorful cast of characters, including fur traders, Indians, robber barons, visionaries, geniuses, and peacemakers, engage in pitched battles, intricate political maneuvers, and wars of words. Wille’s story serves as a warning to anyone who thinks the struggle for the lakefront is over, or who takes for granted the beauty of its public beaches and parks.
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