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  • Lost Restaurant of Chicago

    by Greg Borzo ...
    A Chicago author's tribute to the historic eateries and storied local haunts that the Windy City has loved and lost.Many of Chicago's greatest or most unusual restaurants are "no longer taking reservations." But even if they're gone, they're definitely not forgotten. From steakhouses to delis, these dining destinations attracted movie stars, fed the hungry, launched nationwide trends and launched ... Read more

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  • A History Lover's Guide to Chicago

    by Greg Borzo ...
    Founded next to a great lake and a sluggish river, Chicago grew faster than any city ever has. Splendid department stores created modern retailing, and the skyscraper was invented to handle the needs of booming businesses in an increasingly concentrated downtown. The stockyards fed the world, and railroads turned the city into the nation's transportation hub. A great fire leveled the city, but ... Read more

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  • RAGBRAI

    America's Favorite Bicycle Ride

    by Greg Borzo ...
    Launched as a lark in 1973, RAGBRAI has developed into the world's largest, longest and oldest bicycle touring event. Thousands of cyclists from all fifty states and dozens of countries ride across Iowa for a weeklong festival. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of hospitable Iowans welcome, feed and shelter this rolling carnival, showcasing their communities. Greg Borzo has gathered hundreds of stories ... Read more

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  • Chicago Cable Cars

    by Greg Borzo ...
    When most people hear "cable car" they think "San Francisco." Yet for almost one-quarter of a century Chicago boasted the largest cable car system the world has ever seen, transporting more than one billion riders. This gigantic public work filled residents with pride--and filled robber barons' pockets with money. It also sparked a cable car building boom that spread to twenty-six other U.S. ... Read more

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  • Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook

    Series series Belt Neighborhood Guidebooks
    Explore Cleveland's peculiar charms and local history with the least practical, most literary guide to the city.This book is for those who want to understand what radiates away from Terminal Tower, and who understand that as lovely as Cleveland often is, it can sometimes be brutal, too. Authors draw on their own experiences to write about places no longer here, such as the Little Italy Historical ... Read more

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  • Route 66 Still Kicks

    Driving America's Main Street

    by Rick Antonson ...
    “You’ll never understand America until you’ve driven Route 66—that’s old Route 66—all the way,” a truck driver in California once said to author Rick Antonson. “It’s the most famous highway in the world.”With some determination, grit, and a good sense of direction, one can still find and drive on 90 percent of the original Route 66 today. This travelogue follows Rick and his travel companion Peter ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Higher

    A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City

    by Neal Bascomb ...
    The Roaring Twenties in New York was a time of exuberant ambition, free-flowing optimism, an explosion of artistic expression in the age of Prohibition. New York was the city that embodied the spirit and strength of a newly powerful America.In 1924, in the vibrant heart of Manhattan, a fierce rivalry was born. Two architects, William Van Alen and Craig Severance (former friends and successful ... Read more

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  • Travel Chicago: Illustrated City Guide And Maps. (Mobi Travel)

    This illustrated Travel Guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual articles. Articles feature information about attractions, landmarks, districts, transportation, cultural venues, dining, history and much more. Addresses, telephones, hours of operation and admissions ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wide Hips, Narrow Shoulders

    A Bike Touring Adventure Story

    This is a story about a 45-year-old man who simplifies his life by getting rid of his material possessions and then sets off around America on a bicycle to discover new ideas about his country and himself. The journey takes him through all 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Race Underground

    Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway

    by Doug Most ...
    In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew more congested, the streets became clogged with plodding, horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 crippled the entire northeast, a solution had to be found. Two brothers from one of the nation's great families-Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York-pursued the dream of his city ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Chicago, Illinois Travel Guide - What To See & Do

    by Aaron Needham ...
    Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Chicago, Illinois.Chicago is the home of the blues and the truth of jazz, the heart of comedy and the idea of the skyscraper. Here, the age of railroads found its center, and airplanes followed suit. Butcher of hogs and believer in progress, it is one of the world's great cities, and yet the metropolitan luxuries of theater, shopping, and fine dining ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Route 66

    The Mother Road

    by David Knudson ...
    Series Book 675 - Shire Library USA
    Begun in 1926 to connect Chicago to Los Angeles, Route 66 was the country's first major east-west thoroughfare. By 1930 it was an important route for both truckers and travellers alike, and in 1939 it became known as 'The Mother Road' thanks to John Steinbeck's classic The Grapes of Wrath. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of Americans travelled this great road from those heading west during ... Read more

    $9.39 USD