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Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997

Author : Mike Royko
Publisher : Agate Digital
ISBN 13 : 1572844922
Total Pages : 3259 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997 written by Mike Royko and published by Agate Digital. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 3259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984–1997 is an expansive new volume of the longtime Chicago news legend’s work. Encompassing thousands of his columns, all of which originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune, this is the first collection of Royko work to solely cover his time at the Tribune. Covering politics, culture, sports, and more, Royko brings his trademark sarcasm and cantankerous wit to a complete compendium of his last 14 years as a newspaper man. Organized chronologically, these columns display Royko's talent for crafting fictional conversations that reveal the truth of the small-minded in our society. From cagey political points to hysterical take-downs of "meatball" sports fans, Royko's writing was beloved and anticipated anxiously by his fans. In plain language, he "tells it like it is" on subjects relevant to modern society. In addition to his columns, the book features Royko's obituary and articles written about him after his death, telling the tale of his life and success. This ultimate collection is a must-read for Royko fans, longtime Chicago Tribune readers, and Chicagoans who love the city's rich history of dedicated and insightful journalism.

Mafia Spies

Author : Thomas Maier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510741720
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Mafia Spies written by Thomas Maier and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Bestselling Author and Television Producer of MASTERS OF SEX, a True Story of Espionage and Mobsters, Based on the Never-Before-Released JFK Files, and Optioned by Warner Bros. Mafia Spies is the definitive account of America’s most remarkable espionage plots ever—with CIA agents, mob hitmen, “kompromat” sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top-secret mystery full of surprise twists and deadly intrigue. In the early 1960s, two top gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba’s Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to wind up murdered themselves amidst Congressional hearings and a national debate about the JFK assassination. Mafia Spies revolves around the outlaw friendship of these two mob buddies and their fascinating world of CIA spies, fellow Mafioso in Chicago, Cuban exile commandos in Miami, beautiful Hollywood women, famous entertainers like Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack in Las Vegas, Castro’s own spies in Havana and his double agents hidden in Florida, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI snooping, and the Kennedy administration’s “Get Castro” obsession in Washington. Thomas Maier is among the first to take full advantage of the National Archives’ 2017–18 release of the long-suppressed JFK files, many of which deal with the CIA’s top secret anti-Castro operation in Florida and Cuba. With several new investigative findings, Mafia Spies is a spy exposé, murder mystery, and shocking true story that recounts America’s first foray into the assassination business, a tale with profound impact for today’s Trump era. Who killed Johnny and Sam—and why wasn’t Castro assassinated despite the CIA’s many clandestine efforts?

The World of Mike Royko

Author : Doug Moe
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299165437
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book The World of Mike Royko written by Doug Moe and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

One More Time

Author : Mike Royko
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226730721
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book One More Time written by Mike Royko and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2000-05-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culled from 7,500 columns and spanning four decades, the writings in this collection reflect a radically changing America as seen by a man whose keen sense of justice and humor never faltered. 11 halftones.

Royko

Author : F. Richard Ciccone
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 0786751975
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Royko written by F. Richard Ciccone and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2009-09-09 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the incisive pen of a newspaperman and the compassionate soul of a poet, Mike Royko was a Chicago institution who became, in Jimmy Breslin's words, "the best journalist of his time." Royko was by all accounts a difficult man, who would chew out his assistants every morning and retire to the Billy Goat Tavern every night. But his writing was magic. No one captured Chicago like Mike Royko. No one wrote with his honesty, his toughness, his passion, and his humor. In this, the first comprehensive biography of one of the most important Chicagoans of the century, Dick Ciccone, a long-time colleague and editor of Royko's at the Chicago Tribune, captures Royko at his best and at his worst. We see Royko on his tenth drink of the afternoon. We see him sweating over columns minutes before deadline. We see him romancing his wife and torturing his legmen. We see him barbequeing ribs and riffing on politicians. Mike Royko was a man of the people. With his keen sense of justice and his murderous pen, he became the most widely read columnist in Chicago history. His column was syndicated in more than 600 newspapers across the country. With 7500 columns spanning four decades, Royko's writing reflects a radically changing America. Royko not only tells the story of one of America's greatest newspapermen, but also explores the dramatic changes in journalism over the course of the twentieth century.

Da Curse of the Billy Goat

Author : Steve Gatto
Publisher : Protar House, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780972091046
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Da Curse of the Billy Goat written by Steve Gatto and published by Protar House, LLC. This book was released on 2004 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History and discussion of the legendary Curse of the Billy Goat, the Chicago Cubs' pennant races and World Series games, and baseball's curses.

The Battle of Lincoln Park

Author : Daniel Kay Hertz
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1948742101
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Lincoln Park written by Daniel Kay Hertz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A brief, cogent analysis of gentrification in Chicago . . . An incisive and useful narrative on the puzzle of urban development” (Kirkus). In the years after World War II, a movement began to bring the middle class back to the Lincoln Park neighborhood on Chicago's North Side. In place of the old, poorly maintained apartments and dense streetscapes, “rehabbers” imagined a new kind of neighborhood—a modern community that combined the convenience, diversity, and character of a historic urban quarter with the prosperity and privileges of a new subdivision. But as property values rose, longtime residents found themselves being evicted to make room for progress—and they began to assert their own ideas about the future of Lincoln Park. As divisions deepened over the course of the 1960s, debate gave way to increasingly violent demonstrations. Each camp became further entrenched as they tried to settle the eternal questions of city planning: Who is a neighborhood for? And who gets to decide?

The War on Drugs

Author : David Farber
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479811424
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The War on Drugs written by David Farber and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing look at the history and legacy of the "War on Drugs" Fifty years after President Richard Nixon declared a "War on Drugs," the United States government has spent over a trillion dollars fighting a losing battle. In recent years, about 1.5 million people have been arrested annually on drug charges—most of them involving cannabis—and nearly 500,000 Americans are currently incarcerated for drug offenses. Today, as a response to the dire human and financial costs, Americans are fast losing their faith that a War on Drugs is fair, moral, or effective. In a rare multi-faceted overview of the underground drug market, featuring historical and ethnographic accounts of illegal drug production, distribution, and sales, The War on Drugs: A History examines how drug war policies contributed to the making of the carceral state, racial injustice, regulatory disasters, and a massive underground economy. At the same time, the collection explores how aggressive anti-drug policies produced a “deviant” form of globalization that offered economically marginalized people an economic life-line as players in a remunerative transnational supply and distribution network of illicit drugs. While several essays demonstrate how government enforcement of drug laws disproportionately punished marginalized suppliers and users, other essays assess how anti-drug warriors denigrated science and medical expertise by encouraging moral panics that contributed to the blanket criminalization of certain drugs. By analyzing the key issues, debates, events, and actors surrounding the War on Drugs, this timely and impressive volume provides a deeper understanding of the role these policies have played in making our current political landscape and how we can find the way forward to a more just and humane drug policy regime.

The Untold History of the United States

Author : Oliver Stone
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451616449
Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Untold History of the United States written by Oliver Stone and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Indispensable… There is much here to reflect upon.” —President Mikhail Gorbachev “As riveting, eye-opening, and thought-provoking as any history book you will ever read. . . . Can’t recommend it highly enough.” —Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian “Finally, a book with the guts to challenge the accepted narrative of recent American history.” —Bill Maher The New York Times bestselling companion to the Showtime documentary series now streaming on Netflix, updated to cover the past five years. A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE In this riveting companion to their astonishing documentary series—including a new chapter and new photos covering Obama’s second term, Trump’s first year and a half, climate change, nuclear winter, Korea, Russia, Iran, China, Lybia, ISIS, Syria, and more—Academy Award–winning director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick challenge prevailing orthodoxies to reveal the dark truth about the rise and fall of American imperialism.

Heat Wave

Author : Eric Klinenberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226443221
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Heat Wave written by Eric Klinenberg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2003-07-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heat waves in the United States kill more people during a typical year than any other natural disaster. Focusing on the 1995 Chicago heatwave, Klinenberg demonstrates the cracks in the social foundations of the city that remain to this day.

Deadline Artists

Author : John P. Avlon
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1590209877
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Deadline Artists written by John P. Avlon and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2011-09-21 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fifth hardcover printing, Deadline Artists celebrates the relevance of the newspaper column through the simple power of excellent writing. It is an inspiration for a new generation of writers— whether their medium is print or digital—looking to learn from the best of their predecessors. Contributors include: Jimmy Breslin, Ernie Pyle, Dorothy Thompson, Thomas L. Friedman, David Brooks, Ernest Hemingway, Will Rogers, Langston Hughes, Woody Guthrie, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, H.L. Mencken, Art Buchwald, William F. Buckley, Dave Barry, Anna Quindlen, George Will, and Pete Hamill.

Like I was Sayin'--

Author : Mike Royko
Publisher : Jove Books
ISBN 13 : 9780515084160
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Like I was Sayin'-- written by Mike Royko and published by Jove Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reliable Sources

Author : Gil Klein
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1681623803
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (816 download)

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Download or read book Reliable Sources written by Gil Klein and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-01-23 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent 90-year history book, edited by former National Press Club president, John Cosgrove, which depicts the rich heritage that has established the National Press Club as the leading news organization in the world. Founded in 1908, the National Press Club has served as host to hundreds of world leaders and celebrities. Hundreds of historic photos from the NPC archives highlight this book. Read about visits from Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Other guest speakers have included Lech Walesa, Elizabeth Taylor, Muhamed Ali, and many more!

Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners

Author : Elizabeth A. Brennan
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners written by Elizabeth A. Brennan and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1999 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List Pulitzer Prize winners in thirty-nine different categories, arranged chronologically, with biographical and career information, selected works, other awards, and a brief commentary, along with material on Pulitzer.

Northsiders

Author : Gerald C. Wood
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786436239
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Northsiders written by Gerald C. Wood and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-08-21 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 19 essays examine the role of baseball's Cubs in the history and politics of Chicago. They focus on topics such as the rise of a nationwide fan base through the long reach of superstation WGN; the local uses and views of icons Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, and Ryne Sandberg; historical divides along lines of race (on the field) and class (in the stands); Wrigley Field as a public space both sacred and cursed; the importance of local and nationwide media coverage; and the Cubs' impact on Chicago music and literature.

History of the Chicago Tribune

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Chicago Tribune written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

John Kass's Odyssey

Author : John Kass
Publisher : Agate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1572844132
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book John Kass's Odyssey written by John Kass and published by Agate Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Kass's Odyssey is a nine-article Chicago Tribune series from April 2012 that relates the economic and political transformations of Greece and Turkey from the always-honest perspective of an award-winning columnist. As a first-generation American born to Greek immigrants, Kass explores his family's history and his personal connections to these neighboring nations whose own relationship is often tumultuous. While ancient Greece's traditions are at the heart of our American democracy, modern Greece has become notorious for making headlines as an economic harbinger of doom. Kass finds a desperate situation in Greece: the citizens are frustrated and in despair, due to government corruption and the inevitable fiscal disaster that follows (a situation not unfamiliar to the ready hypocrisies and injustices of Chicago that Kass regularly unearths in his daily column). In the same balanced style that has won him respect from readers and peers alike, Kass sojourns from Athens to his ancestral village of Rizes, finding moments of hope that are uplifting and poignant as well as interpersonal stories that are eminently memorable. From Greece, Kass crosses the Aegean sea to neighboring Turkey—a country that may be Greece's inverse when it comes to both economics (Turkish GDP growth has boomed over the past decade) and democracy. Turkey is painted as a place of burgeoning democracy driven by Islamist reformers, which is a far cry from the republic's founding and unique status as a secular Islamist state. Traveling from Istanbul to Ankara, and then to the ancient city of Izmir with its rich shared Turkish-Greek history, Kass discovers not only the intimate intertwining of Greece and Turkey, but also his own deep, personal connections to the two lands. Kass brilliantly highlights the surprising circumstances these two countries share, not only with each other but with his hometown of Chicago and with Illinois and the United States as a whole. John Kass's Odyssey is a unique mixture of personal travel story and up-to-the-minute political journalism. The up-close humanity evoked through Kass's journalistic voice creates stories that are relatable, near, and more urgent than any front-page headline could ever hope to be. For Chicagoans, who by and large live in ethnically diverse communities and identify their city as a hub of Greek culture, these stories take on even broader meanings. When Kass concludes his journey at Easter Mass in a Greek Orthodox church in the heart of Istanbul, readers will feel that this could be anywhere—taking place as much on South Halsted Street as it could be in the Hagia Sophia. It will surely appeal to those interested in international affairs, history, religion, and travel writing, in addition to the many readers who are consistently rapt by the writing of one of Chicago's finest journalists.