Fall Books Special: The Gritty City
New books about old murders, queer underworlds, race wars, and more
By Reader staff
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The Night Fred Hampton Died
An excerpt of a new book on the Black Panther leader's death and its aftermath by People's Law Office cofounder Jeffrey Haas
My Dad Did It
Steve Hodel, the retired LA cop who pinned the Black Dahlia murder on his pop, believes he was also Chicago's Lipstick Killer.
By Mike Lenehan
A Queer Eye, an Open Mind
A new anthology, and a new appreciation, for local gay writer Jon-Henri Damski
By Michael Miner
Chicago's Life Story
Popular Columbia College prof Dominic Pacyga's been telling the city’s history in pieces for years. Now he’s put it all together.
By Deanna Isaacs
Reviews
Animals and Objects In and Out of Water: Posters by Jay Ryan 2005-2008 | Jay Ryan | Akashic Books
Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker | James McManus | Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Mean Streets: Chicago Youths and the Everyday Struggle for Empowerment in the Multiracial City, 1908-1969 | Andrew J. Diamond | University of California Press
My Father's Bonus March | Adam Langer | Spiegel & Grau
On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears | Stephen T. Asma | Oxford University Press
The Second City Unscripted: Revolution and Revelation at the World-Famous Comedy Theater | Mike Thomas | Villard
Related Stories
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Fall Books Special: The Night Fred Hampton Died
An excerpt of a new book on the Black Panther leader's death and its aftermath by People's Law Office cofounder Jeffrey Haas
- Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special: My Dad Did It
Steve Hodel, the retired LA cop who pinned the Black Dahlia murder on his pop, believes he was also Chicago's Lipstick Killer.
- Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special: A Queer Eye, an Open Mind
A new anthology, and a new appreciation, for local gay writer Jon-Henri Damski
- Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special: Chicago's Life Story
Popular Columbia College prof Dominic Pacyga's been telling the city's history in pieces for years. Now he's put it all together.
- Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special
Animals and Objects In and Out of Water: Posters by Jay Ryan 2005-2008Jay Ryan | Akashic Books
- Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special
Cowboys Full: The Story of PokerJames McManus | Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special
Mean Streets: Chicago Youths and the Everyday Struggle for Empowerment in the Multiracial City, 1908-1969Andrew J. Diamond | University of California Press
- Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special
My Father's Bonus MarchAdam Langer | Spiegel & Grau
- Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special
On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst FearsStephen T. Asma | Oxford University Press
- Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special
The Second City Unscripted: Revolution and Revelation at the World-Famous Comedy TheaterMike Thomas | Villard
- Nov 5, 2009
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