Illinois

This engrossing tale of gangs and organized criminality begins in the frontier saloons situated in the marshy flats of Chicago, the future world class city of Mid-continent. …

18. mars, 1925. I småbyen Marah i Illinois begynner dagen som enhver annen regntung vårdag. Men Marah ligger i veien for den verste tornadoen i amerikansk historie. Helt uten …

When the University of Chicago was founded in 1892 it established the first sociology department in the United States. The department grew rapidly in reputation and influence and …

Since the publication of the first edition of Grasses: Bromus to Paspalumin 1972, twenty-two additional taxa of grasses have been discovered in Illinois that are properly placed in …

Individuals from all walks of life have devoted their time, energy, and money to restoring the state's lost wetlands. Clare Howard and David Zalaznik take readers into the marshes, …

Warren Brown's team history of the Chicago White Sox originally appeared in 1952 as part of the celebrated series of major league team histories published by G. P. Putnam. With …

Som svaler kom de er Maxwells debutroman. Den forteller historien om Elizabeth Morison, en vanlig kvinne i en småby i den amerikanske Midtvesten. Men for hennes mann James og …

'Some of the richest delights in contemporary fiction, as well as some of the best jokes' - GuardianFrom the prize-winning author of The World and All That It Holds, Aleksandar …

Spurred first by the civil rights debates of the 1960s and 1970s, then by the culture wars of the following decades, the Chicago Historical Society (CHS) increasingly sought to …

The last time the Chicago Cubs played in the World Series, World War II had just ended. The last time they won a World Series, World War I had not yet begun. But from 1906-1910 the …