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Weird Chicago
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Author : Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-07-06
Weird Chicago written by Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-06 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Although there had been treaties and seemingly cordial trading between the Native Americans and the new settlers in that area, recent fighting in nearby areas like the Battle of Tippecanoe less than a year earlier kept all sides on edge, and the British aim to maintain a barrier between America and Canada by propping up Native American tribes led to a controversial battle in the Illinois Territory at Fort Dearborn, a fort built along the Chicago River, shortly after the War of 1812 broke out. When the war came, the close proximity of British forces compelled American military officers in the area to attempt to evacuate the garrison at Fort Dearborn, but misunderstandings and a lack of time resulted in Potawatomi warriors ambushing the soldiers and several civilians before they could retreat back to Fort Wayne, Indiana. In the wake of cutting down dozens of whites, the Potawatomi laid waste to Fort Dearborn itself, and though the fighting was technically a battle, in America the Battle of Fort Dearborn was known colloquially as the Fort Dearborn Massacre. Though it started as a 300 person settlement in 1832, Chicago's location near the Great Lakes and its access to the Mississippi River turned it into a major trading city overnight. The city became even more important when railroads were constructed to connect the country, making it the first major city in the "West" during the mid-19th century. By 1871, the original 300 person settlement was now home to about 300,000 people, and Chicago had become the first major city built by Americans rather than European colonial powers Thus, it had taken less than 40 years for the new settlement of 300 to become a city of nearly 300,000, but it only took two days in 1871 for much of it to be destroyed. On the night of October 8, 1871, a blaze in the southwestern section of Chicago began to burn out of control. The popular legend is that a cow in Mrs. Catherine O'Leary's barn had kicked over a lantern and started a fire. The story blaming the cow was a colorful fabrication, but the fire itself was very real, lasting almost two whole days and devouring several square miles of the city. The fire was so powerful that firefighters could not put it out, due to dry conditions, stiff winds, and the fact the city was mostly made of wood. Walking around Chicago today, it's easy to forget about its past as a rural frontier. That's due in no small part to the way Chicago responded to the Great Fire of 1871. Immediately after the fire, Chicago encouraged inhabitants and architects to build over the ruins, spurring creative architecture with elaborate designs. Architects descended upon the city for the opportunity to rebuild the area, and over the next few decades they had rebuilt Chicago with the country's most modern architecture and monuments. Chicago has a long and fascinating history, but there's another, more mysterious side to the Windy City. Ghosts have competed with gangsters in scaring the locals, while serial killers beat them both in instilling terror. Out on Lake Michigan, boats disappear and strange ruins lie under the water, while in graveyards, phantoms and even vampires are alleged to walk amid the tombstones. What follows is just a sampling of the many strange tales Chicago has to offer. Weird Chicago: A History of Mysteries, Strange Tales, and Hauntings across the Windy City is part of an ongoing series by Sean McLachlan and Charles River Editors that includes The Weird Wild West, Mysteries of the South, The Mysterious Midwest, and Mysterious New England, and more regional titles will be coming soon. This book offers a sampling of strange, unexplained, and just plain odd stories from Chicago that have fascinated people in and around the region for centuries.
Weird Chicago
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Author : Troy Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Haunted Illinois
Release Date : 2008-07
Weird Chicago written by Troy Taylor and has been published by Haunted Illinois this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07 with History categories.
The city of Chicago is unquestionably the weirdest and most haunted city in America! With a bloody history that is filled with violent events, mysterious happenings and more than its share of crime, there is no place like it in the country. This is the most complete book ever written about Chicago's ghosts and strange history.
Secret Chicago A Guide To The Weird Wonderful And Obscure
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Author : Jessica Mlinaric
language : en
Publisher: Reedy Press LLC
Release Date : 2018-03-15
Secret Chicago A Guide To The Weird Wonderful And Obscure written by Jessica Mlinaric and has been published by Reedy Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-15 with Travel categories.
Embark on a scavenger hunt to the unknown and unusual corners of Chicago. This endlessly interesting city is home to tales as tall as our skyscrapers and secrets as deep as our pizzas. Explore a side of Chicago you’ve never seen, from a grave in a junkyard to a pool under the Loop. Discover where you can picnic on a nuclear pylon or snorkel a Lake Michigan shipwreck. Visit the site of the Western Hemisphere’s largest mass grave or run away to the circus in a church. Do you know where to find the birthplace of gospel music and a final resting place for Cubs fans? Surprises are hiding everywhere in Chicago, from a chapel atop a Loop skyscraper to an art gallery in a Beverly fieldhouse. From an energy vortex in Fulton Market to a salt cave in Portage Park, follow Secret Chicago across the city’s neighborhoods and into its little-known history. Find oddities and inspiration in Chicago’s uncommon sites, including hidden attractions, haunted locales, and unique landmarks. This guide delivers answers to questions around town that you didn’t even know you had and proves that when it comes to secrets, Chicago is second to none.
Chicago Curiosities
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Author : Scotti Cohn
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2011-01-11
Chicago Curiosities written by Scotti Cohn and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-11 with Travel categories.
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Windy City has to offer! Whether you’re a born-and-raised Chicagoan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Chicago Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Scotti Cohn takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Windy City. Watch Daedalus and Icarus fly across the façade of the Savings of America Building—and wonder if the mural’s location might carry a message for the financial industry. . . . A baboon with wings? A predatory grasshopper? Figure out for yourself just what Picasso’s “gift to Chicago”—a sculpture unveiled in 1967—represents. Want to stand out? You can do so at the Ledge at Skydeck Chicago, an all-glass architectural wonder attached to the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower). Meet the man who travels the world impersonating President Obama.
Strange But True Chicago
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Author : Thomas J. O'Gorman
language : en
Publisher: Insiders' Guide (CT)
Release Date : 2005
Strange But True Chicago written by Thomas J. O'Gorman and has been published by Insiders' Guide (CT) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Chicago (Ill.) categories.
This compulsively readable guide looks deep into the heart of the windy city uncovering the stories behind startling headlines quirky laws and obscure police logs From classic "strange but true" tales that made the national news to little-known but e
Haunted Chicago
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Author : Tom Ogden
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2014-07-01
Haunted Chicago written by Tom Ogden and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Among this country's many treasures is the city of Chicago, an area filled with creativity and culture. Haunted Chicago, a collection of stories of ghosts, mysteries, and paranormal happenings in Chi-Town, will leave readers delightfully frightened.
Weird Tales
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Author : Joe Muszynski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Weird Tales written by Joe Muszynski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Authors categories.
"Everybody's heard of Weird Tales, the publisher of Lovecraft, Bradbury and more. But did you know it moved from Indianapolis to Chicago in 1926? This zine explores relevant lore and more!"--Quimby's description.
Awkward Rituals
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Author : Dana W. Logan
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2022-05-06
Awkward Rituals written by Dana W. Logan and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-06 with History categories.
A fresh account of early American religious history that argues for a new understanding of ritual. In the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War, there was an awkward persistence of sovereign rituals, vestiges of a monarchical past that were not easy to shed. In Awkward Rituals, Dana Logan focuses our attention on these performances, revealing the ways in which governance in the early republic was characterized by white Protestants reenacting the hierarchical authority of a seemingly rejected king. With her unique focus on embodied action, rather than the more common focus on discourse or law, Logan makes an original contribution to debates about the relative completeness of America’s Revolution. Awkward Rituals theorizes an under-examined form of action: rituals that do not feel natural even if they sometimes feel good. This account challenges common notions of ritual as a force that binds society and synthesizes the self. Ranging from Freemason initiations to evangelical societies to missionaries posing as sailors, Logan shows how white Protestants promoted a class-based society while simultaneously trumpeting egalitarianism. She thus redescribes ritual as a box to check, a chore to complete, an embarrassing display of theatrical verve. In Awkward Rituals, Logan emphasizes how ritual distinctively captures what does not change through revolution.
A Wonderous Guide To The Windy City
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Author : Paul Buchanan
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2023-07-20
A Wonderous Guide To The Windy City written by Paul Buchanan and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-20 with categories.
Stepping off the plane at O'Hare, I was immediately swept up in the kinetic energy of Chicago, the Windy City. However, I didn't come to Chicago to click pictures of Cloud Gate or stand in line for the SkyDeck. No, I ventured here to capture the unseen, the overlooked, the marvelously odd aspects of the city that surprise even its long-time residents.So, let's pull back the curtain of the commonplace and shine a light on the fantastic.Let's see Chicago as you've never seen it before. For in the Windy City, the wild, the wondrous, and the weird are never more than a stone's throw away. After all, you're in Buchanan's world now, and we do things a little differently around here. So buckle up, keep your eyes wide and your mind open. The adventure is just beginning.
The Grip Of It
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Author : Jemc Jac
language : en
Publisher: Titan Books
Release Date : 2019-09-03
The Grip Of It written by Jemc Jac and has been published by Titan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-03 with Fiction categories.
THE GRIP OF IT is a psychologically intense literary horror novel that deals in questions of home: how we make it and how it in turn makes us A chilling literary horror novel, Jac Jemc's THE GRIP OF IT tells the story Julie and James, a young couple haunted by their new home. The move―prompted by James's penchant for gambling, his inability to keep his impulses in check―is quick and seamless; both Julie and James are happy to leave behind their usual haunts and start afresh. But the house, which sits between lake and forest, has plans for the unsuspecting couple... The architecture becomes unrecognisable, decaying before their eyes. Stains contract and expand, mapping themselves onto Julie's body in the form of bruises; mould taints the water that James pours from the sink. As the couple search for the source of their mutual torment, they become mired in the history of their peculiar neighbours and the mysterious previous residents of the house. Written in eerie, powerful prose, THE GRIP OF IT is an enthralling and psychologically intense novel that deals in questions of home: how we make it and how it in turn makes us, inhabiting the bodies and the relationships we cherish.