John Graf
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Chicago is known throughout the world for its architecture. Although many people are familiar with the city's skyscrapers and public buildings, they often overlook or are unaware of Chicago's mansions that are located throughout the city. These mansions represent Chicago's past and its future, and it can even be said that they are the very embodiment of Chicago and its architecture. These fashionable residences were built to make a statement, and
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Arcadia Publishing Inc
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2000.
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No other city in the world has a park system as great as Chicago�s, which includes over 550 parks totaling more than 7,000 acres. Each park has its own story, as well as unique characteristics and history, and yet the majority of Chicagoans are not aware of the wealth, variety, and sheer number of parks that exist, to say nothing of the ideas they
project, the history they commemorate, and the origins of their names. Chicago�s Parks: A Photographic...
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Krause Publications
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c2006
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In this one complete fact-packed guide you'll find everything from bayonet-tipped rifles used in fierce battles, and tintypes of proud fighting men posing for their loved ones, to boots worn on long dusty marches, flags and drums that stirred the troops, and diaries. In addition to valuable pricing and historical facts, in this book you'll discover: 1,000 color photos for instant identification 3,000 price listings of U.S., Confederate, and foreign-made...
