Chicago Portraits: Biographies of 250 Famous Chicagoans

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Loyola University Press, 1991 - Biography & Autobiography - 322 pages
Historical sketches of prominent figures from Chicago's past, either born and bred there or born and raised elsewhere but associated with the city. A sampling, just from last names beginning with the letter "A", yields Jane Addams, George Ade, Nelson Algren, Saul Alinsky, John Peter Altgeld, Sherwood Anderson, Louie Armstrong, and Jacob Arvey. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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