<p>Local historian Margery Blair Perkins (1907-1981) provides a detailed narrative charting the growth and development of the North Shore city of Evanston, Illinois, a place boasting a rich and multi-layered history. Perkins brings the citys past to life through stories of its residents, architecture, and growth over the years. She charts the development of the city from its earliest days when it was known as the settlement of Grosse Pointe and later Ridgeville to its modern manifestation as a bustling city just outside of Chicago. Within a larger historical narrative, Perkins provides biographies of noted residents as she documents the evolution of the citys organizations, cultural life and institutions, such as Northwestern University.</p>

Evanston: A Tour Through the City's History

History

Margery Blair Perkins

Americas

Evanston History Center

<p>A new critical edition of A Journal of The Great War, edited by Jenny Thompson, with two new essays that explore the broader story of Dawes' war experience. First published in 1921, A Journal of the Great War provides a fascinating glimpse into the challenges faced by the American Expeditionary Forces (Aef) during the United States' 18-month involvement in World War I. During the war, Dawes served as General Purchasing Agent for the Aef and also as confidant to General Pershing. His journal, written while he was stationed in France from August 1917 to July 1919, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the power struggles and political maneuvering that took place among American and European political and military leaders as they sought to fight the war as an allied force. Part document of life in wartime France, part war diary, and part mentation on the means of exercising power, Dawes' journal is a unique contribution to the literature of World War I. Includes photographs.</p>

A Journal of the Great War

Dawes, Charles Gates

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Evanston: A Tour Through the City's History

A Journal of the Great War