Chicago has been called by many names. Nelson Algren declared it a 'City on the Make.' Carl Sandburg dubbed it the 'City of Big Shoulders.' Upton Sinclair christened it the 'Jungle,' while New Yorkers, naturally, pronounced it the 'Second City.' At last there is a book for all of us, whatever we choose to call Chicago. In this magisterial work, historian Dominic A. Pacyga trace...
Chicago has been called by many names. Nelson Algren declared it a 'City on the Make.' Carl Sandburg dubbed it the 'City of Big Shoulders.' Upton Sinclair christened it the 'Jungle,' while New Yorkers, naturally, pronounced it the 'Second City.' At last there is a book for all of us, whatever we choose to call Chicago. In this magisterial work, historian Dominic A. Pacyga traces the storied past of his hometown, from the explorations of Joliet and Marquette in 1673 to the new wave of urban pioneers today. The city's great industrialists, reformers, and politicians - and, indeed, the many not-so-great and downright notorious - animate this book, from Al Capone and Jane Addams to Mayor Richard J. Daley and President Barack Obama. But what distinguishes this book from the many others on the subject is its author's uncommon ability to illuminate the lives of Chicago's ordinary people. Raised on the city's South Side and employed for a time in the stockyards, Pacyga gives voice to the city's steelyard workers and kill floor operators, and maps the neighborhoods distinguished not by Louis Sullivan masterworks but by bungalows and corner taverns. Filled with the city's one-of-a-kind characters and all of its defining moments, "Chicago: A Biography" is as big and boisterous as its namesake - and as ambitious as the men and women who built it.
On Monday, February 24, 1890, Congress selected Chicago as the site of the World’s Fair. It had been a long battle, but the city prevailed against New York, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., and other smaller rivals. In the end, the battle had been between Chicago and New York City. New York journalists led the attack on Chicago, giving it the moniker of “Windy City” not for the wind that lashed residents but for the hot air emanating from the mouths of its poli-ticians and boosters as they fought to get the exposition. (查看原文)
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以前在学法语时，初步了解到芝加哥城市名的由来，后来还在20世纪美国芝加哥诗派诗人、传记作家卡尔•桑德堡的代表作《芝加哥诗集》中逐渐地了解到20世纪中叶芝加哥这座充满生命力的城市真实与粗犷的一面：“…proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player...
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