1159: 2/4 The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream, by Thomas L. Dyja
Image: Map showing the burnt district in Chicago : published for the benefit of the Relief Fund In the ditty about the origin of the Great Chicago Fire, the song goes: Late last night, when we were all in bed, Old Lady Leary left a lantern in the shed. Cow kicked it over, and as she did she said, “There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight.” The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream,by Thomas L. Dyja (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Thomas+L.+Dyja&text=Thomas+L.+Dyja&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=digital-text) Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to-coast journey included a stop in Chicago, and this flow of people and commodities made it the crucible for American culture and innovation. In luminous prose, The Chicago native Thomas Dyja re-creates the story of the city in its postwar prime and explains its profound impact on modern America—from Chess Records to Playboy, McDonald’s to the University of Chicago. Populated with an incredible cast of characters, including Mahalia Jackson, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry, Sun Ra, Simone de Beauvoir, Nelson Algren, Gwendolyn Brooks, Studs Turkel, and Mayor Richard J. Daley, The Third Coast recalls the prominence of the Windy City in all its grandeur. https://www.amazon.com/Third-Coast-Chicago-Built-American-ebook/dp/B008EKOKMW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= …