The people are the news : Grant Pick's Chicago stories / Grant Pick ; edited and with an introduction by John Pick ; foreword by Alex Kotlowitz

Author:: Pick, Grant, 1947-2005
Published:: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date:: ©2008
Physical Description:: xiii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Additional Creators:: Pick, John, 1980-

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Contents:

Drifters -- The rag man of Lincoln Park -- Brother Bill -- Like a rolling stone -- The power of the keys -- Off the beaten path -- A scholar treks the wasteland -- Bigot for hire -- Morning mouth -- Bosom buddies -- Business -- Cab sleuth -- Speed wash -- Dinner is served -- Stayin' alive -- Crime -- Growing old in prison -- It's insanity! -- Still doing time -- Death -- The queen is dead -- As I lay dying -- Life after death -- Death of a newsman.

Subject(s):

Chicago (Ill.)—Biography—Anecdotes
Chicago (Ill.)—Social conditions—20th century—Anecdotes

ISBN:

9780810124455 (cloth : alk. paper)
0810124459 (cloth. : alk. paper)

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