Chicago Maritime by David M. Young

Chicago Maritime

David M. Young

260 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

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This lavishly illustrated history of Chicago as freight handler to the nation chronicles the vital role of waterborne trade and transportation in building a metropolis on the swampland that the Illiniwek once called Checagou. Louis Jolliet, the fi...

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