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You Were Never in Chicago

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ISBN-10: 022610415X

ISBN-13: 9780226104157

Edition: 2012

Authors: Neil Steinberg

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In 1952 the New Yorker published a three-part essay by A. J. Liebling in which he dubbed Chicago the “Second City.” From garbage collection to the skyline, nothing escaped Liebling’s withering gaze. Among the outraged responses from Chicago residents was one that Liebling described as the apotheosis of such criticism: a postcard that read, simply, “You were never in Chicago.”Neil Steinberg has lived in and around Chicago for more than three decades—ever since he left his hometown of Berea, Ohio, to attend Northwestern—yet he remains fascinated by the dynamics captured in Liebling’s anecdote. In You Were Never in Chicago Steinberg weaves the story of his own coming-of-age as a young outsider…    
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Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/22/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.26" wide x 8.98" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Neil Steinberg is a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, where he has been on staff since 1987. He is the author of seven books, including Drunkard: A Hard-Drinking Life and Hatless Jack: The President, the Fedora, and the History of American Style.

Manus manum lavat
"God, I am in Chicago"
"A tolerance for rubes"
"Give her my regards"
"Your show of shows"
'I�ll get you a judge"
In the sleeping room
"How long is it supposed to last?"
Annals of the paper tube trade
"A byutafl day in the palka"
"You gave the money away"
A visit from the Angel Nacht
"A lot of broken hearts"
Driving with Ed McElroy
"Gee, ya think?"
The city in fog
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