Title: Prairie Avenue
Description: This is a wonderful read, especially for Chicago lovers.  This is a novel about the turn of the century when the Titans of Chicago Commerce were just emerging and began settling just South of the Chicago Loop near Lake Michigan.  It tells the story of some of the famous families.  The descriptions of the city were as I remembered them as a child, and the story moves very quickly and includes alcoholism, adultery, suicide, commerce.  To read a great review go to Amazon.com