The Chicago Tribune, founded in 1847, is the flagship newspaper of the Chicago Tribune Media Group.

• INTRODUCTIONHappy birthday, ChicagoCHAPTER ONE:Pageantry and ProgressFerris’ wheel dealThe Second City’s second world’s fairThe dingy cityRaising Chicago out of the mudIn a rush, the river is reversedThe Ward-Field museum fightOf hobos, tramps and bumsNavy Pier’s zany pastWrigley: Star of the skylineTribune Tower a winnerCHAPTER TWO:Transportation‘L’ defines the city‘Ain’t no road just like it’Those @#$%&! bridge-tenders!Before Uber, there was jitneyLand grab to Loop floodMidway’s ups and downsAir show daredevilsChicago, cycling capitalCHAPTER THREE:Business, Labor and IndustryBuilt with steel‘Hog butcher for the world’Marching off the jobRaise a glass to barmaidsSears, the Amazon of its dayArsenal of DemocracyWhen candy was dandyChicago’s original Mad MenChristmas stockingsCHAPTER FOUR:Innovation and Social ChangeIllinois women win the voteWhen polio was defeatedFrom dog pound to humane societyWhen King came to townSaluting the Moon MenBefore Roe v. Wade, the JaneCollectiveCHAPTER FIVE:PoliticsBarack Obama’s historic electionThe accidental mayorCapone’s battle for Cicero‘Tell Chicago I’ll pull through’The Lager Beer RiotWhy JFK came to townByrne vs. the MachineMourning Harold WashingtonCHAPTER SIX:Crime and ViceChicago, the sin cityThe great grain gambleWhite City’s serial killerNo ordinary whorehouseDarrow’s courtroom eloquenceWhen gangsters were celebritiesFour who got CaponeWhen policy kings ruledSisters’ deaths changed cityCasino? What casino?CHAPTER SEVEN:Passion and Protest1968’s ‘police riot’A racial tinderboxChicago and the KKKThe Battle of Fort DearbornWhen cab wars were warsRepublic Steel: riot or massacre?Chaos after King slaying1970 concert was true riot festDisastrous Black Panther RaidThe neo-Nazis vs. SkokieCHAPTER EIGHT:DisastersMrs. O’Leary’s legendThree deadly infernos‘L’ leaps off Loop railsEastland: Joy turns to horrorFlu hit hard and fast in 19181918 circus train wreckMcCormick Place in ruinsCHAPTER NINE:SportsAuto racing’s birthplaceWhen speedskating was kingCivil war: Cubs vs. SoxPulling no punchesRed Grange’s amazing runPublic Enemy No. 1 was baseball fanTidye Pickett’s legacyGirls of summer played in skirtsGo-Go Sox win pennantMarathoners vs. the mighty lakeOur kind of sport—right off the batCHAPTER TEN:Arts and CultureWhen the Stones played BronzevilleDance-hall romanceTheaters become movie palacesWhere Hollywood legends changed trainsBuffalo Bill: Urban cowboySinatra and the Chicago mobThe Beatles invade ChicagoTwo faces of South ShoreCHAPTER ELEVEN:Amusement19th Century ‘Tinder’? Personal adsBud Billiken marches onSummer fun: Go sit in a treeRemember Riverview?State Street magicFor orphans, a yearly joy rideCHAPTER TWELVE:Colorful CharactersNelson AlgrenBill VeeckKing of the con menPolish Robin HoodsDaniel BurnhamThe Washington Porter clanCaptain George StreeterMother JonesMaurine Watkins‘The world’s richest cop’Jane AddamsRalph Metcalfe

The Chicago Tribune, founded in 1847, is the flagship newspaper of the Chicago Tribune Media Group.

• INTRODUCTIONHappy birthday, ChicagoCHAPTER ONE:Pageantry and ProgressFerris’ wheel dealThe Second City’s second world’s fairThe dingy cityRaising Chicago out of the mudIn a rush, the river is reversedThe Ward-Field museum fightOf hobos, tramps and bumsNavy Pier’s zany pastWrigley: Star of the skylineTribune Tower a winnerCHAPTER TWO:Transportation‘L’ defines the city‘Ain’t no road just like it’Those @#$%&! bridge-tenders!Before Uber, there was jitneyLand grab to Loop floodMidway’s ups and downsAir show daredevilsChicago, cycling capitalCHAPTER THREE:Business, Labor and IndustryBuilt with steel‘Hog butcher for the world’Marching off the jobRaise a glass to barmaidsSears, the Amazon of its dayArsenal of DemocracyWhen candy was dandyChicago’s original Mad MenChristmas stockingsCHAPTER FOUR:Innovation and Social ChangeIllinois women win the voteWhen polio was defeatedFrom dog pound to humane societyWhen King came to townSaluting the Moon MenBefore Roe v. Wade, the JaneCollectiveCHAPTER FIVE:PoliticsBarack Obama’s historic electionThe accidental mayorCapone’s battle for Cicero‘Tell Chicago I’ll pull through’The Lager Beer RiotWhy JFK came to townByrne vs. the MachineMourning Harold WashingtonCHAPTER SIX:Crime and ViceChicago, the sin cityThe great grain gambleWhite City’s serial killerNo ordinary whorehouseDarrow’s courtroom eloquenceWhen gangsters were celebritiesFour who got CaponeWhen policy kings ruledSisters’ deaths changed cityCasino? What casino?CHAPTER SEVEN:Passion and Protest1968’s ‘police riot’A racial tinderboxChicago and the KKKThe Battle of Fort DearbornWhen cab wars were warsRepublic Steel: riot or massacre?Chaos after King slaying1970 concert was true riot festDisastrous Black Panther RaidThe neo-Nazis vs. SkokieCHAPTER EIGHT:DisastersMrs. O’Leary’s legendThree deadly infernos‘L’ leaps off Loop railsEastland: Joy turns to horrorFlu hit hard and fast in 19181918 circus train wreckMcCormick Place in ruinsCHAPTER NINE:SportsAuto racing’s birthplaceWhen speedskating was kingCivil war: Cubs vs. SoxPulling no punchesRed Grange’s amazing runPublic Enemy No. 1 was baseball fanTidye Pickett’s legacyGirls of summer played in skirtsGo-Go Sox win pennantMarathoners vs. the mighty lakeOur kind of sport—right off the batCHAPTER TEN:Arts and CultureWhen the Stones played BronzevilleDance-hall romanceTheaters become movie palacesWhere Hollywood legends changed trainsBuffalo Bill: Urban cowboySinatra and the Chicago mobThe Beatles invade ChicagoTwo faces of South ShoreCHAPTER ELEVEN:Amusement19th Century ‘Tinder’? Personal adsBud Billiken marches onSummer fun: Go sit in a treeRemember Riverview?State Street magicFor orphans, a yearly joy rideCHAPTER TWELVE:Colorful CharactersNelson AlgrenBill VeeckKing of the con menPolish Robin HoodsDaniel BurnhamThe Washington Porter clanCaptain George StreeterMother JonesMaurine Watkins‘The world’s richest cop’Jane AddamsRalph Metcalfe