The voyage that brought them to the site of Chicago had its origins in a spectacular pageant of possession in the wilderness of the northern lakes.
An edition of City of the century
(1996)
City of the Century
The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition
by Donald L. Miller
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From back cover: The epic of Chicago is the story of the emergence of modern America. Here, witness Chicago's growth from a desolate fur-trading post in the 1830s to one of the world's most explosively alive cities by 1900. [This] powerful narrative embraces it all: reckless growth, its natural calamities (especially the Great Fire of 1871), its raucous politics, its empire-building businessmen, its world-transforming architecture, its rich mix of cultures, its community of young writers and journalists, and its staggering engineering projects -- which included the reversal of the Chicago River and raising the entire city from prairie mud to save it from devastating cholera epidemics. The saga of Chicago's unresolved struggle between order and freedom, growth and control, capitalism and community, remains instructive for our time, as we seek ways to build and maintain cities that retain their humanity without losing their energy.
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"WHEN Louis Sullivan arrived in Chicago from the East to begin his architectural career, he felt he had been chosen for a special destiny and that this rejuvenated city was "the place" for him."
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