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Chicago's Maxwell Street New (2002, Trade Paperback)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN-10
- 0738520292
- ISBN-13
- 9780738520292
- Intended Audience
- Trade
- ISBN
- 9780738520292
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN-10
0738520292
ISBN-13
9780738520292
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2381547
Product Key Features
Book Title
Chicago's Maxwell Street
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Food, Lodging & Transportation / Road Travel, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Publication Year
2002
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Photography, History
Book Series
Images of America Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
0.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
'I know a Jew fish crier down on Maxwell Street with a voice like a north wind blowing over corn stubble in January. . . .His face is that of a man terribly glad. . .that God made fish, and customers to whom he may call his wares from a pushcart.' Carl Sandburg, from Chicago Poems, 1916.'Maxwell Street preserved old world culture, whether from the Ukraine, Mexico or Mississippi. A grassroots avenue for survival got created there for immigrants and poor people. Its existence, though old and weary, gives meaning to our daily living and working in Chicago.' Studs Terkel, broadcaster, oral historian, & author.'Maxwell Street became the Ellis Island of the Midwest for 100 years. Other market streets existed, but Maxwell Street was the biggest and brassiest, combining a kaleidoscope of races and religions, of businessmen, hustlers and musicians. It was a national treasure.' Ira Berkow, New York Times columnist & author of Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar.'Maxwell Street was a shopping and amusement center. The guys that played [there] in the 1940s, [myself], Moody Jones, Floyd Jones, Little Walter - we built the road for the blues in Chicago for Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf and all the rest. We were the pioneers of the blues.' Jimmie Lee Robinson, Chicago blues musician, Maxwell Street is one of Chicago's oldest, distinct landmarks where a melting pot of nationalities lived. Home to the famous to the Maxwell Street Market, a hub of innovation, where where anything from eggs to shoelaces was sold. The story of Maxwell street and its market is the story of immigrants and their children, generations of working class people who contributed to the advancement of our nation. The famous area became the Ellis Island of the Midwest drawing immigrants from all over the world. It's demise began in the 1950s and 1960s and was completed by the 1990s, but it will live on in many minds as the incubator for business and the electrified Chicago Blues, a starting place for working class immigrants and migrants and as a great streetscape for its shops and outdoor market., I know a Jew fish crier down on Maxwell Street with a voice like a north wind blowing over corn stubble in January. . . .His face is that of a man terribly glad. . .that God made fish, and customers to whom he may call his wares from a pushcart. Carl Sandburg, from Chicago Poems, 1916. Maxwell Street preserved old world culture, whether from the Ukraine, Mexico or Mississippi. A grassroots avenue for survival got created there for immigrants and poor people. Its existence, though old and weary, gives meaning to our daily living and working in Chicago. Studs Terkel, broadcaster, oral historian, & author. Maxwell Street became the Ellis Island of the Midwest for 100 years. Other market streets existed, but Maxwell Street was the biggest and brassiest, combining a kaleidoscope of races and religions, of businessmen, hustlers and musicians. It was a national treasure. Ira Berkow, New York Times columnist & author of Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar. Maxwell Street was a shopping and amusement center. The guys that played there] in the 1940s, myself], Moody Jones, Floyd Jones, Little Walter - we built the road for the blues in Chicago for Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf and all the rest. We were the pioneers of the blues. Jimmie Lee Robinson, Chicago blues musician", Maxwell Street is one of Chicago's oldest, distinct landmarks where a melting pot of nationalities lived. Home to the famous to the Maxwell Street Market, a hub of innovation, where where anything from eggs to shoelaces was sold. The story of Maxwell street and its market is the story of immigrants and their children, generations of working class people who contributed to the advancement of our nation. The famous area became the ""Ellis Island"" of the Midwest drawing immigrants from all over the world. It's demise began in the 1950s and 1960s and was completed by the 1990s, but it will live on in many minds as the incubator for business and the electrified Chicago Blues, a starting place for working class immigrants and migrants and as a great streetscape for its shops and outdoor market.
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