"Today, Chicago, Illinois is a busy modern metropolis, but it wasn't always that way. Native Americans hunted elk and bison and made permanent paths through that land with their trade routes that eventually became an interstate highway system. Early immigrants built a town on the swampy mud, then raised or moved most of its buildings to install a sewer system. Find out how everyday people from all over the world helped build Chicago or as Carl Sandburg...

"Come see how Boston hangs on to precious traditions while changing with the march of time"--Back cover.

A history of the city of Los Angeles, California, via an important resource: its people. A history of the city of Los Angeles, California, via an important resource: its people.