Dominic pacyga chicago a biography reviews

No book that deals with the history of a city like Chicago could ever be small. A city the size of Chicago is essentially a small country. Thousands of books have already been written about various aspects of the city, from biographies of the city’s politicians, artists, personalities, and captains of industry to histories of particular businesses, neighborhoods, events, and vices.

Dominic pacyga chicago a biography reviews

It’s a city that even has an encyclopedia dedicated to it (the Encyclopedia of Chicago courtesy of the Chicago History Museum).

So doing a history of the city in one volume is a daunting (if not impossible) task. Dominic Pacyga admits as much in the preface to his book Chicago: A Biography.

His stated aim is this:

Put simply, my goal is to try and tell the story of Chicago through events major and minor that I believe explain its importance to America and the world.

Pacyga is professor of history at Columbia College in Chicago.

His immense knowledge of and love for the city glimmer throughout this