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In this groundbreaking anthology, award-winning author Kenan Heise profiles the remarkable contributions of the many creative people, born out of 20th-century Chicago's chaos. Among those profiled are Frank Lloyd Wright, Upton Sinclair, Edna Ferber, Studs Terkel, Louis Armstrong, Lorraine Hansberry, Carl Sandburg, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. 100 photos.

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The Sin of Obedience is one of the few works of fiction or non-fiction that looks profoundly and with deep personal reflection into the training of a Catholic priest. The novel, rich and accurate in detail, is the story of a young prodigy torn with between the rigid religious traditions and convictions of his mother and the more-humanity-oriented respect for freedom of his father. Building on his own experiences, including being the subject of...

This stirring work takes readers on a heartbreaking, illuminating, and inspiring journey into the homes and lives of the 16 percent who live below the poverty threshold. Author and retired Chicago Tribune reporter Kenan Heise culls 50 years of his published interviews with the poor and destitute to allow them to tell their own stories in their own voices to provide a sobering call to action. With full discussions on a myriad of topics—includin...

The surprising and true life story of a Chicago newspaperman whose disability and seven years in the Franciscan Order of monks ultimately led him to create new waves in journalism, He Writes About Us is the autobiography of journalist Kenan Heise. Using the power of kindness and the press, Heise countered the depersonalization of the news by telling the stories of ordinary people from all walks of life, especially consumers, women, the poor, a...

Get hold of the city with hundreds of fascinating entries about Chicago history, characters, architecture and places. Chicago writers Kenan Heise and Mark Frazel have updated their best-selling user's guide to the Windy City for the 1990s and beyond with a new section including the newest and latest in Chicago's story.

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