City watch [[electronic resource] ] : discovering the uncommon Chicago / / Jon Anderson

• Autore: Anderson Jon <1936->
• Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 081; 977.3/11043; 977.311043
• Soggetto topico: City and town life - Illinois - Chicago - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs 20th century; Chicago (Ill.) Biography
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction; Tour that thought it's seen it all takes in real eye-boggler; Saving Grace of a lonely life; Poet finds past job maid to order; Wedgwood Society dreams still on the table; Gents (and Ladies) in white reclaim turf after dry spell; Limousines: not just for the rich; "Wild ones" say it simply isn't so; Clothes found in rubbish don't have to look trashy; Five guys in their forties; Foraging friends savor tastes of great outdoors; At least once a month, anarchists reign at meeting; Courting laughs; Finding the humor in haggis; Club dispenses plenty of bon mots ; "Deee-fense! deee-fense!"Laundromats take clean to new extremes; Portrait of the artist-white coats, but no chisels; Betting on butter, art gallery spreads it on thick; Faux ethnic dishes feed students' minds; Working-class artists do a little pr; The views from the boat; Fragments gain new life in hands of mosaic artist; Mittens knit a tribute to the 43 forgotten; Class views circus as art; String fever; For the CSO, it's Mahler onstage and ping-pong backstage; Hometown hug for Hemingway; Irish author's fans gather to celebrate ULYSSES, other tales ; Brooker winners don't go by the book when collecting Where old books go to be read again; A sanctuary where writers can think and be creative; He chooses his words wisely; A mogul talks about his family dynasty; Czechs and Balances; Lady Thatcher sets down her record; "Am I happy? Yes, I'm happy!"; Auctioneer to host the last bash at butler's digs; Cicero cops on crash course; Can't go home again? try the bus; Paintings tell tales of Beverly life; Hopes blossom in North Lawndale; Austin Village shows no place like home; A Hyde Park denizen comes of age; New drive for South Side Y ; Memories of TITANIC unsinkable Light pole painter has a true brush with fame; The ultimate out-of-towners; River's friends go where only most hardy dare; Shrinks in love; One language needs no translation; Small delights on the ZEPHYR; In touch with sex; Algren affair to remember lives again; Porn star Missy is graphic about safe sex; Marriage an open book for Loggins, wife; Finned friends cheer lonely guests; Animal lovers ferret out a unique halfway house; 268 paws tug at her heartstrings; Paws puts furry faces in the adoption market; Gold Coast pays tribute to its storied vet ; Suds, sanctuary are match made in heaven A generation tries to remember . . . something or other; Song helps rekindle spark in Alzheimer's patients; Near-death experiences share common thread; The meaning of life? don't ask
• Sommario/riassunto: In forty-five years as one of Chicago's liveliest journalists for Time, Life, and the Chicago Tribune, Jon Anderson has established a reputation for picking up on what someone once called ""the beauty of the specific fact."" Part ""Talk of the Town,"" part On the Road with Charles Kuralt, Anderson's twice-a-week ""City Watch"" columns in the Chicago Tribune seek out interesting and unexpected people and places from the everyday life of what the author calls the ""most typical American big city."" In the process he discovers the joys and triumphs of ordinary people.
• Titolo autorizzato: City watch
• ISBN: 1-58729-331-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814794803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II