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Title: Frommer's Irreverent Guide: Chicago by Dan Santow, Todd Savage, George McDonald, F. Stop Fitzgerald, Will K. Balliett ISBN: 0-02-860687-6 Publisher: Hungry Minds, Inc Pub. Date: February, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: irreverent guide to chicago
Comment: disappointing to say the least - much of the book looked as if it had been recopied at kinko's. the maps were extremely hard to read - no color at all. i can't quite figure what's supposed to be irreverent in the book unless it's the fact that every so often the author says something less than favorable about a site or restaurant. save your money.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good introduction to a *huge* city
Comment: I spent my first 18 years around and in Chicago, so I was very curious to see what the Irreverent people suggested about my hometown of sorts. A word of warning... there is the usual quibble that applies to all of the irreverent books: they are more designed for reading a whole section at once, as the organization scatters litle info-nuggets about one particular place across a number of different sections. With that being said, the index in the back can guide you to the relevant pages for a specific place you are looking for.
All in all, I found this an incredibly fun and informative book that covers a large range of establishments and attractions in the few hundred pages it was given. It seems aimed at the younger or more adventurous traveler. Let's face it, almost everyone knows the Field Museum, the Art Institute, Brookfield Zoo, Sears Tower, etc. What this guide will help you do is find a great nightclub buried in the industrial district (Crobar), the surreal summer sports customs (16-inch softball!), the famous Frank Lloyd Wright architecture that is spattered around the city (Roble House), alternative shopping complexes (Belmont and Clark), where to grab a drink before a Cubs game (Cubby Bear), and famous local theater (Steppenwolf).
So if you are traveling to Chicago, and want to get a feel for the city that isn't completely upper-middle class and whitewashed (which the traditional Frommer's and such can fall prey to quite often), this book would be a great travel guide to help you out. It's even an interesting read for people living *in* Chicago, as there were a number of places in the book I was not familiar with which sound like quite a good time.
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Title: The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne ISBN: 0609804138 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 19 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Grapes of Wrath: John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (1902-2002) by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0142000663 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 03 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Goodnight Moon Board Book by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd ISBN: 0694003611 Publisher: HarperFestival Pub. Date: 30 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz ISBN: 0689835604 Publisher: Little Simon Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis ISBN: 0393057658 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 10 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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