search for books and compare prices
Price
Store
Arrives
Preparing
Shipping
Jump quickly to results on these stores:
The price is the lowest for any condition, which may be new or used; other conditions may also be available.
Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
August 1, 1987
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reissue
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226013848
ISBN-10
0226013847
Dimensions
0.25 by 5.75 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.30 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$10.00
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Chicago Poems | A Walk on the Wild Side | Boss | Never Come Morning | The Coast of Chicago | The Third Coast | The Lazarus Project | The Man With the Golden Arm | City of Big Shoulders
Chicago Poems | A Walk on the Wild Side | Boss | Never Come Morning | The Coast of Chicago | The Third Coast | The Lazarus Project | The Man With the Golden Arm | City of Big Shoulders
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Presents Algren's irreverent portrait of Chicago--the hustlers' town--which records the character and lifestyles of the Windy City from pioneer days through Prohibition and the reign of Richard Daley
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Ernest Hemingway once said of Nelson Algren's writing that "you should not read it if you cannot take a punch." The prose poem, Chicago: City on the Make, filled with language that swings and jabs and stuns, lives up to those words. This 50th anniversary edition is newly annotated with explanations for everything from slang to Chicagoans, famous and obscure, to what the Black Sox scandal was and why it mattered. More accessible than ever, this is, as Studs Terkel says, "the best book about Chicago."
"Algren's Chicago, a kind of American annex to Dante's inferno, is a nether world peopled by ratâfaced hustlers and moneyâloving demons who crawl in the writer's brilliant, sordid, uncompromising and twisted imagination. . . . [This book] searches a city's heart and mind rather than its avenues and public buildings."âNew York Times Book Review
"This short, crisp, fighting creed is both a social document and a love poem, a script in which a lover explains his city's recurring ruthlessness and latent power; in which an artist recognizes that these are portents not of death, but of life."âNew York Herald Tribune
Nelson Algren (1909-1981) won the National Book Award in 1950 for The Man with the Golden Arm. His other works include Walk on the Wild Side, The Neon Wilderness, and Conversations with Nelson Algren, the last available from the University of Chicago Press. David Schmittgens teaches English at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago, Illinois. Bill Savage is a lecturer at Northwestern University and coeditor of the 50th Anniversary Critical Edition of The Man with the Golden Arm.
"Algren's Chicago, a kind of American annex to Dante's inferno, is a nether world peopled by ratâfaced hustlers and moneyâloving demons who crawl in the writer's brilliant, sordid, uncompromising and twisted imagination. . . . [This book] searches a city's heart and mind rather than its avenues and public buildings."âNew York Times Book Review
"This short, crisp, fighting creed is both a social document and a love poem, a script in which a lover explains his city's recurring ruthlessness and latent power; in which an artist recognizes that these are portents not of death, but of life."âNew York Herald Tribune
Nelson Algren (1909-1981) won the National Book Award in 1950 for The Man with the Golden Arm. His other works include Walk on the Wild Side, The Neon Wilderness, and Conversations with Nelson Algren, the last available from the University of Chicago Press. David Schmittgens teaches English at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago, Illinois. Bill Savage is a lecturer at Northwestern University and coeditor of the 50th Anniversary Critical Edition of The Man with the Golden Arm.
Editions
Paperback
With Bill Savage (other contributor), Studs Terkel (other contributor), David Schmittgens (other contributor) |
Anv edition from Univ of Chicago Pr (October 15, 2011)
9780226013862 | details & prices | 135 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $17.00
With Studs Terkel (other contributor) |
Anv edition from Univ of Chicago Pr (September 25, 2001)
9780226013855 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $17.00
About: Ernest Hemingway once said of Nelson Algren's writing that "you should not read it if you cannot take a punch.
About: Ernest Hemingway once said of Nelson Algren's writing that "you should not read it if you cannot take a punch.
The price comparison is for this edition
Reissue edition from Univ of Chicago Pr (August 1, 1987)
9780226013848 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.25 × 0.25 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $10.00
About: Presents Algren's irreverent portrait of Chicago--the hustlers' town--which records the character and lifestyles of the Windy City from pioneer days through Prohibition and the reign of Richard Daley
About: Presents Algren's irreverent portrait of Chicago--the hustlers' town--which records the character and lifestyles of the Windy City from pioneer days through Prohibition and the reign of Richard Daley
Reinforced
from Demco Media (April 1, 1999); titled "Chicago City on the Make"
9780606170222 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $17.89
About: Presents Algren's irreverent portrait of Chicago--the hustlers' town--which records the character and lifestyles of the Windy City from pioneer days through Prohibition and the reign of Richard Daley
About: Presents Algren's irreverent portrait of Chicago--the hustlers' town--which records the character and lifestyles of the Windy City from pioneer days through Prohibition and the reign of Richard Daley
Pricing is shown for items sent to or within the U.S., excluding shipping and tax. Please consult the store to determine exact fees. No warranties are made express or implied about the accuracy, timeliness, merit, or value of the information provided. Information subject to change without notice. isbn.nu is not a bookseller, just an information source.