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9780252086502 Academic Inspection Copy

Graceland Cemetery

Chicago Stories, Symbols, and Secrets
  • ISBN-13: 9780252086502
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By Adam Selzer
  • Price: AUD $43.99
  • Stock: 3 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 09/08/2022
  • Format: Paperback (254.00mm X 178.00mm) 320 pages Weight: 670g
  • Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]
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One of Chicagos landmark attractions, Graceland Cemetery chronicles the citys sprawling history through the stories of its people. Local historian and Graceland tour guide Adam Selzer presents ten walking tours covering almost the entirety of the cemetery grounds. While nodding to famous Graceland figures from Marshall Field to Ernie Banks to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Selzer also leads readers past the vaults, obelisks, and other markers that call attention to less recognized Chicagoans like:

  • Jessie Williams de Priest, the Black wife of a congressman whose 1929 invitation to a White House tea party set off a storm of controversy;
  • Engineer and architect Fazlur Khan, the Bangladeshi American who revived the citys skyscraper culture;
  • The still-mysterious Kate Warn (listed as Warn on her tombstone), the United States first female private detective.

Filled with photographs and including detailed maps of each tour route, Graceland Cemetery is an insiders guide to one of Chicagos great outdoor destinations for city lore and history.

 Adam Selzer is the author of numerous books on Chicago, history, and folklore, including H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil.

 

 

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