Chicago's Grand Hotels
Subtitle: The Palmer House, The Drake,   and The Hilton Chicago (IL)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: November 14, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780738539546
Subjects: United States - General; History; History - U.S.; History: American; United States - State & Local - Midwest; United States - State & Local - General; Chicago; Historic buildings; Hotels; Illinois; Pictorial works
First sentence: One is compelled to begin any history of The Palmer House by examining the colorful and larger than life figures of Potter and Bertha Palmer, the couple who gave their name to the hotels that they built and owned, and as such, earned an indelible place in the annals of Chicago history.