Description: Further DetailsTitle: Graceland CemeteryCondition: NewDescription: Chosen for the 2024 Illinois Reads Program by the Illinois Reading Council One of Chicago’s landmark attractions, Graceland Cemetery chronicles the city’s sprawling history through the stories of its people. Local historian and Graceland tour guide Adam Selzer presents ten walking tours covering almost the entirety of the cemetery grounds. While nodding to famous Graceland figures from Marshall Field to Ernie Banks to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Selzer also leads readers past the vaults, obelisks, and other markers that call attention to less recognized Chicagoans like: Jessie Williams de Priest, the Black wife of a congressman whose 1929 invitation to a White House tea party set off a storm of controversy; Engineer and architect Fazlur Khan, the Bangladeshi American who revived the city's skyscraper culture; The still-mysterious Kate Warn (listed as Warn on her tombstone), the United States’ first female private detective. Filled with photographs and including detailed maps of each tour route, Graceland Cemetery is an insider's guide to one of Chicago's great outdoor destinations for city lore and history. Author: Adam SelzerCountry/Region of Manufacture: USEAN: 9780252086502Format: PaperbackGenre: Travel & TransportISBN: 9780252086502ISBN-10: 0252086503Item Height: 254mmItem Length: 178mmItem Weight: 626gItem Width: 18mmLanguage: EnglishPublisher: University of Illinois PressRelease Date: 08/09/2022Subtitle: Chicago Stories, Symbols, and SecretsTopic: Sports & Hobbies, History, Home Garden & PetsRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Country/Region of Manufacture: US
EAN: 9780252086502
ISBN: 9780252086502
ISBN-10: 0252086503
Publication Name: Graceland Cemetery
Release Date: 08/09/2022
Release Year: 2022
Subtitle: Chicago Stories, Symbols, and Secrets
Title: Graceland Cemetery
Book Title: Graceland Cemetery : Chicago Stories, Symbols, and Secrets
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Topic: Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Special Interest / Hikes & Walks, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Travel, History
Item Weight: 24.1 Oz
Author: Adam Selzer
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
