Brian Berger

introduction There have been two Chicago's. The first arose from the muddy landscape near where the Chicago River joins Laké Michigan. The second came from the ashes of the Great Fire, which destroyed most of the city center in 1871. In a bold display of the Chicagoan ' 'I Will'' spirit, the...

Introduction "[Iowa is] something more than the world's popcorn center " said Phil Strong, in his book Hawkeyes, and indeed it is. The state is home for a hardy, mostly conservative, sometimes obstinate, but thoroughly honest breed of I owans that have sprung from the seeds of American and...