This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawe

This book follows the trail of Captain George Wellington Streeter and his controversial struggle to claim his homemade island as the District of Lake Michigan.

How did Chicago, a city known for commerce, come to have such a splendid public waterfront—its most treasured asset? Lakefront reveals a story of social, poli