{"product_id":"the-chicagoan-neil-harris-9780226317618","title":"The Chicagoan: A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age","description":"While browsing the stacks of the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago some years ago, noted historian Neil Harris made a surprising discovery: a group of nine plainly bound volumes whose unassuming spines bore the name the\u003ci\u003e Chicagoan\u003c\/i\u003e. Pulling one down and leafing through its pages, Harris was startled to find it brimming with striking covers, fanciful art, witty cartoons, profiles of local personalities, and a whole range of incisive articles. He quickly realized that he had stumbled upon a Chicago counterpart to the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e that mysteriously had slipped through the cracks of history and memory. Here Harris brings this lost magazine of the Jazz Age back to life. In its own words, the \u003ci\u003eChicagoan \u003c\/i\u003eclaimed to represent \"a cultural, civilized, and vibrant\" city \"which needs make no obeisance to Park Avenue, Mayfair, or the Champs Elysees.\" Urbane in aspiration and first published just sixteen months after the 1925 appearance of the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, it sought passionately to redeem the Windy City's unhappy reputation for organized crime, political mayhem, and industrial squalor by demonstrating the presence of style and sophistication in the Midwest. Harris's substantial introductory essay here sets the stage, exploring the ambitions, tastes, and prejudices of Chicagoans during the 1920s and 30s. The author then lets the\u003ci\u003e Chicagoan\u003c\/i\u003e speak for itself in lavish full-color segments that reproduce its many elements: from covers, cartoons, and editorials to reviews, features--and even one issue reprinted in its entirety. Recalling a vivid moment in the life of the Windy City, the\u003ci\u003e Chicagoan\u003c\/i\u003e is a forgotten treasure, offered here for a whole new age to enjoy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226317617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226317618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 14.26h x 11.22w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/10\/2008 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/23\/2008 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009","brand":"Neil Harris","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48742239207679,"sku":"9780226317618","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a26fe475-88f2-4ee1-8028-0cfd79fd41a9.jpg?v=1782444192","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chicagoan-neil-harris-9780226317618","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}