Compass American Guides: Chicago (Fodor's Compass American Guides)

Compelling prose and evocative photography trace the history of the "Windy City" from its beginning as the swampy settlement of "Eschikgou" to the rough-hewn city of Studs Terkel and Carl Sandburg to its place today as a pace-setting metropolis filled with great architecture, classic ballparks, and hip jazz joints.