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Title: Stories of Chicago by George Ade, Franklin J. Meine, John T. McCutcheon ISBN: 0-252-07143-3 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
Rating: 3
Summary: stories of chicago review
Comment: GEORGE ADE
BOOK REVIEW
The book is about the history of Chicago and the people. The purpose of this book is to let people know how things were growing up in the city. I heard this book was to be humorous, but I only found a few of the stories to be humorous. The author George Ade experienced a few of the stories himself.
This book is mostly for people interested in the history of Chicago. How people survived back in the 1900's. The article mentions little shops and how they managed to have a business in only ten feet of space. People in Chicago would like the stories, there might be some people related to people in this book.
The people in the book talk about how foreigners came to Chicago and they put more effort into their lives to make a living. They said the Americans did not go out and work hard for the things they wanted. I felt this statement was judgmental of the people in the book. The race does not matter; it's the individual person who makes their lives.
There were two stories that I thought were very funny and interesting.
An office worker's day off, he went and spent the day of leisure and drinking.
Only he came home and said he was tired. The one thing this shows is times will never change for men and women. One particular story caught my attention, because it's about the field I am studying. This guy was interested in people who resided at a psychiatric hospital. So he was invited with a group of researchers to visit the hospital.
He wanted to see crazy people and he met some and thought this is all there is?
So he went off another way and ran into a guy, the guy started chasing him.
He ran, jumped and screamed until he could run no more. The guy only wanted to play tag. I laughed so hard.
I recommend this book for the pleasure of learning about Chicago. People who like the past will enjoy this book. This is a good learning source for historians.
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Title: The Best of George Ade by A. L. Lazarus, John T. McCutcheon, George Ade ISBN: 0253106095 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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