Hidden History of Ravenswood & Lake View

By:

Patrick Butler

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Hidden History

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It's easyto get caught up in the hidden history of Ravenswood and Lake View, like theHarm’s Park picnic that lasted fifty-four years or the political gimmickry ofthe “Cowboy Mayor” of Chicago. Who can resist a double take over folk like the“Father of Ravenswood,” who kept Chicago from falling to the Confederacy, orthe “North Side’s Benedict Arnold,” who was sent to the electric chair duringWorld War II? If you want to visit the days when the Cubs were the Spuds ordebate whether Ravenswood is an actual neighborhood or just a state of mind, doit with longtime North Side journalist Patrick Butler in this curio shop offorgotten people and places.

Author Biography:

Patrick Butler is a lifelong Chicagoan who has covered the North Side for the past 35 years and currently writes for Inside Publications' Booster and News-Star. He served more than a dozen years as president of the Ravenswood/Lake View Historical Association and for several years anchored a a cable TV news/feature magazine, North Side Neighbors."

Release date Australia

March 19th, 2013

Author

Patrick Butler

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

126

Series

Hidden History

Dimensions

159x235x13

ISBN-13

9781609498672

Product ID

21051218

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