A Community in Search of Itself: A Case History of Cairo, Illinois

by Herman R. Lantz and Professor Herman R. Lantz M.A. Ph.D.

Cairo, Illinois, at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, was a city favored by geography and climate. It was founded in the early 1800s on great expectations. Its location at the head of major rivers navi­gable both summer and winter and its proximity to coal fields generated predictions that Cairo would soon surpass Louisville, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and even Chicago. Yet itfailed to realize the success its promoters believed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080930516X
• ISBN13: 9780809305162
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"