Chicago's Pride
Subtitle: The Stockyards, Packingtown, and Environs in the Nineteenth Century
Edition: 1st Pbk. Ed edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: December 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780252071324
Subjects: American history; Local history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; Industries - General; United States - 19th Century; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / 19th Century; Chicago; Illinois; Meat industry and trade; Pork industry and trade; Stockyards
First sentence: Chicago's early settlers pegged their hopes for a thriving community on the Illinois and Michigan Canal.