{"product_id":"aurora-jim-edwards-9781531641481","title":"Aurora: A Diverse People Build Their City","description":"The history of Aurora, Illinois is one of diversity. \u003cbr\u003eThis is the first book to trace the city's early days \u003cbr\u003eof its first white settlement through World War I and \u003cbr\u003ethe early 1920s, as seen through the eyes of its diverse ethnic groups. Immigrants from northern, southern, and eastern Europe, southern Blacks, and Mexicans all came to provide their talents to the massive railroad industry and the dozens of factories in the city, which were producing various products to be used by the entire nation and as well as in the construction of the Panama Canal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Edwards, Wynette Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1531641482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531641481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"Jim Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43936734511359,"sku":"9781531641481","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cab82fcf-81e7-4a3e-8828-1833c3b6e833.jpg?v=1681426470","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aurora-jim-edwards-9781531641481","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}