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Chicago: The Second Cityby A. J. Liebling
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Many Chicagoans rose in protest over A. J. Lieblings tongue-in-cheek tour of their fair city in 1952. Liebling found much to admire in the Windy Citys people and cultureits colorful language, its political sophistication, its sense of its own history and specialness, but Liebling offended that citys image of itself when he discussed its entertainments, its built landscapes, and its mental isolation from the worlds affairs. Liebling, a writer and editor for the New Yorker, lived in Chicago for nearly a year. While he found a home among its colorful inhabitants, he couldnt help comparing Chicago with some other cities he had seen and loved, notably Paris, London, and especially New York. His magazine columns brought down on him a storm of protests and denials from Chicagos defenders, and he gently and humorously answers their charges and acknowledges his errors in a foreword written especially for the book edition. Liebling describes the restaurants, saloons, and striptease joints; the newspapers, cocktail parties, and political wards; the university; and the defining event in Chicagos mythic past, the Saint Valentines Day Massacre. Illustrated by Steinberg, Chicago is a loving, if chiding, portrait of a great American metropolis. Review:"Alex Kotlowitzs Never a City So Real has a different style and tone from A.J. Lieblings 1952 tongue-in-cheek book about Chicago, but they belong on the same elevated bookshelf of Chicago classics. The series in The New Yorker that this book is based on elicited a slew of protests from Chicagoans, which Liebling answers in this witty volume."-Elizabeth Taylor, The Chicago Tribune Review:"Good entertainment. The book is attractively designed, the illustrations are first-rate and Mr. Liebling can write."-New York Times Review:"Mr. Lieblings entertaining book can be highly recommended."-New York Herald Tribune (New York Herald Tribune)Review:"He has shown his readers in his lively, sardonic style exactly the split-personality city that he feels Chicago to be."-San Francisco Chronicle Review:"Mr. Lieblings entertaining book can be highly recommended."-New York Herald Tribune About the AuthorA. J. Liebling (1904–63) was a longtime contributor and columnist for the New Yorker. He wrote The Sweet Science and nineteen other books of nonfiction, including Mollie and Other War Pieces, also available in a Bison Books edition. Saul Steinberg was a cartoonist and illustrator best known for his covers and illustrations in the New Yorker. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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