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Edition: 60
Book Title: Chicago: City on the Make : Sixtieth Anniversary Edition
Number of Pages: 152 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2011
Topic: United States / State & Local / General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / MidWest / General, United States / MidWest / East North Central (Il, in, Mi, Oh, Wi)
Item Height: 0.5 in
Genre: Travel, History
Item Weight: 6.1 Oz
Author: Nelson Algren
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
