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# Chicago: City on the Make: Sixtieth Anniversary Edition

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Review: Looking Back With Anger - This is a magnificent prose poem-eulogy even- by Nelson Algren to his city. He takes you through all the characters and diverse cultures and corruptions that ingrained the Chicago he grew up in and are either being erased from the image the commercial big guns want to promote,or have just fallen by the wayside. There's a lot of visceral anger coming through in this book, and it is significant that Algren wrote it during the odious McCarthy anti Communist witch trails that was stiffling the freedoms of speech Algren so valued (he dumped his communist party interests as soon as the lack of free thought became obvious to him-now 'free' society was doing the same!)and distorting and promoting a mythical America that just didn't exist outside of a Disney film! The afterword and annotations in the 50th anniversary edition are vital to get the maximum from this book. Algren re articulates what his views are, and -to my mind-makes a postumous apology to his friend Richard Wright who he slammed for leaving Chicago for Paris and 'not sticking it out'. What could one black man who had suffered a life time of rejection and abuse do but say he'd had enough. I liked Algren the better for this acknowledgement.
Review: Amazing read! - Such a great book! Really gives good insights to Chicago history while making it a bit personal. If you love learning about history and don’t want straight facts this is a good book to learn about major Chicago events

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #390,468 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #159 in Midwest US Travel Guides (Books) #4,288 in U.S. State & Local History |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (80) |
| Dimensions  | 0.5 x 5.4 x 7.9 inches |
| Edition  | Anniversary |
| ISBN-10  | 0226013863 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0226013862 |
| Item Weight  | 7.2 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 152 pages |
| Publication date  | October 15, 2011 |
| Publisher  | University of Chicago Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Looking Back With Anger
*by A***L on December 5, 2007*

This is a magnificent prose poem-eulogy even- by Nelson Algren to his city. He takes you through all the characters and diverse cultures and corruptions that ingrained the Chicago he grew up in and are either being erased from the image the commercial big guns want to promote,or have just fallen by the wayside. There's a lot of visceral anger coming through in this book, and it is significant that Algren wrote it during the odious McCarthy anti Communist witch trails that was stiffling the freedoms of speech Algren so valued (he dumped his communist party interests as soon as the lack of free thought became obvious to him-now 'free' society was doing the same!)and distorting and promoting a mythical America that just didn't exist outside of a Disney film! The afterword and annotations in the 50th anniversary edition are vital to get the maximum from this book. Algren re articulates what his views are, and -to my mind-makes a postumous apology to his friend Richard Wright who he slammed for leaving Chicago for Paris and 'not sticking it out'. What could one black man who had suffered a life time of rejection and abuse do but say he'd had enough. I liked Algren the better for this acknowledgement.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing read!
*by A***S on April 14, 2025*

Such a great book! Really gives good insights to Chicago history while making it a bit personal. If you love learning about history and don’t want straight facts this is a good book to learn about major Chicago events

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well written
*by S***N on March 24, 2024*

Clever take on the Windy City.

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