A comprehensive and engaging history of a century of Polish immigration and influence in Chicago.

Every May, a sea of 250,000 people decked out in red and white head to Chicago's Loop to celebrate the Polish Constitution Day Parade. In the city, you can tune in to not one but four different Polish-language radio stations or jam out to the Polkaholics. You can have lunch at pierogi food trucks or pick up pączkis at the grocery

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Polish Downtown is Chicago's oldest Polish settlement and was the capital of American Polonia from the 1870s through the first half of the 20th century. Nearly all Polish undertakings of any consequence in the U.S. during that time either started or were directed from this part of Chicago's near northwest side. This book illustrates the first 75 years of this influential Polish neighborhood. Featured are some of the most beautiful churches in Chicago-St....

A study of Polish working class immigrants and the communitites they created for themselves in Chicago, communities that combined the cultural and historical traditions of both Eastern Europe and America.

"Bob Skaleski takes you along his Chicago childhood through the days of baseball, human rights, religion, and relationships with friends and family. Bob's experiences as a youth helped shape his adult views on life and its complexities. Bring a hankie to wipe away tears of laughter and sadness.

"Chicago has been the historic stronghold of Polish-Americans. Poles came to Chicago for the opportunities it offered, and then scattered across the Midwest and the United States. Millions of Americans today can trace some line of ancestry back to the Polish population of Chicago and greater Cook County... This book focuses on the years 1860 to 1945, and the target ancestry group is Polish Catholics.... To make this book practical, its focus is on...

The history of Polish immigrants in Chicago, including information on their established communities, churches and how they aided Poland on her fight for independence.