Pre-Owned Miami and the Siege of Chicago (Paperback) 9781590172964

from Storeetllr

Well, first of all, what a lot of memories were stirred by this book! I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, my mom was raised in Mayor Daley's backyard (so to speak), and I was 20 years old (and pretty wild) in 1968 when the events written about occurred. It was a crazy time, and sc...

from Storeetllr

Well, first of all, what a lot of memories were stirred by this book! I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, my mom was raised in Mayor Daley's backyard (so to speak), and I was 20 years old (and pretty wild) in 1968 when the events written about occurred. It was a crazy time, and sc...

from Elpaca

Crazy. First the Radical Liberal element tried to seize control of the situation, and now the Radical Conservatives are doing the same. If we do not learn from history, we are doomed by it.

from figre

I am sure there are better books out there that more fully tell the story of the 1968 Democratic Convention. Because Norman Mailer has inserted himself in this story, it cannot help but suffer from his not being everywhere. And he is more than honest with the fact that he did not have the strengt...

from Storeetllr

Well, first of all, what a lot of memories were stirred by this book! I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, my mom was raised in Mayor Daley's backyard (so to speak), and I was 20 years old (and pretty wild) in 1968 when the events written about occurred. It was a crazy time, and sc...