"They were three Black girls. Dawn, tall and studious; her sister, Kim, younger by three years and headstrong as they come; and her best friend, Debra, already prom-queen pretty by third grade. They bonded--fervently and intensely in that unique way of little girls--as they roamed the concrete landscape of Bronzeville, a historic neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, the destination of hundreds of thousands of Black folks who fled the ravages of the...

"A collection of columns from Chicago Tribune columnist, Mary Schmich"--Provided by publisher.

Walter Jacobson's highly readable book Walter's Perspective: A Memoir of Fifty Years in Chicago TV News provides a unique glimpse into the rough-and-tumble Chicago news business as seen through the eyes of one of its legendary players. From his first news job working as a legman for Daily News columnist Jack Mabley in the 1950s to his later role as a news anchor and political commentator at CBS-owned WBBM, Jacobson battled along the front lines of...

Royko was a part of the daily fabric of Chicagoans' lives for more than 30, penning often humorous and always honest columns first for the Chicago Daily News, then the Sun-Times, and finally the Tribune. Culled from thousands of his Tribune columns and edited by his son David Royko, this collection offers his blunt observations from his archive at the Tribune, from 1984 until his death in 1997. Some may seem dated-- but others are surprisingly relevant...

Reporter Mark Manning searches for a killer and stumbles upon a stunning conspiracy Chicago Journal reporter Mark Manning has been called in to replace a colleague on a big story. Famed Swiss astrophysicist Pavo Zarnik has just stunned the science world with his announcement that he's discovered a tenth planet in our solar system. Manning is skeptical of Zarnik's claims and believes he's a fraud. His suspicions grow when his fellow reporter-award-winning...

A powerful and wonderfully funny, ironic novel of an irascible Chicago newspaperman who rediscovers human decency, his faith, and his wife as he goes after a wicked politician who's trying to get away with murder. Greeley is the bestselling author of Angels of September and Virgin and Martyr.

"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. [This book] 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, and minorities,...

A Corner of Chicago describes Robert Hardy Andrews' time on the Chicago Daily News.