Never a city so real
Subtitle: a walk in Chicago
By: Alex Kotlowitz.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Crown Journeys series
Publisher: Crown Journeys
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs; Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography; Chicago (Ill.) -- Description and travel
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Chicago, like America, is a kind of refuge for outsiders. It's probably why Alex Kotlowitz found comfort there. He's drawn to people on the outside who are trying to clean up - or at least make sense of - the mess on the inside. Perspective doesn't come easy if you're standing in the center. As with There Are No Children Here, Never a City So Real is not so much a tour of a place as a chronicle of its soul, its lifeblood. It is a tour of the people of Chicago, who have been the author's guides into this city's - and in a broader sense, this country's - heart."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Map on lining papers.