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Found 4 from your keywords: subject="Illinois--Chicago"
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The Wright 3
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Blue Balliett

From the New York Times-bestselling team behind Chasing Vermeer comes another thought-provoking art mystery featuring Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie house--now in After Words paperback! Spring semester at the Lab School in Hyde Park finds Petra and Calder drawn into another mystery when unexplainable accidents and ghostly happenings throw a spotlight on Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, and it's u…

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9780439693684
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318 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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B
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The great fire
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Jim Murphy

The Great Fire of 1871 was one of most colossal disasters in American history. Overnight, the flourshing city of Chicago was transformed into a smoldering wasteland. The damage was so profound that few people believed the city could ever rise again. By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, Jim Murphy constructs…

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9780590472661
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144 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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977.3 MUR
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The Chicago fire
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Howard Gutner

By 1865, Chicago had mushroomed from a few log cabins to a thriving community with 600 miles of sidewalks and 50,000 buildings--nearly all made of wood. In 1871, drought conditions and strong winds caused one of many fires to rage out of control.

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0439351685
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16 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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977.3 GUT
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The journey
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David SmallSarah Stewart

Beginning in the dark hours of morning, an Amish girl, along with two adult companions, sets off for the big city for the first time. The reader receives nightly reports through young Hannah's diary, in which, with tireless awe, she relates the significant events of the day. Each experience is decidedly new to Hannah -- a trip to the top of a skyscraper, a visit to the aquarium -- yet in each s…

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9780374400101
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40 pages : illustration ; 29 cm
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S