The People Are the News: Grant Pick's Chicago Stories

by Grant Pick and John Pick

Book Overview

This distinctive collection features writings from Grant Pick's long, distinguished career in literary journalism. Pick had a uniquely open eye and ear for people who were in difficult situations, doing extraordinary things, or both. Most of his stories focus on interesting but overlooked Chicagoans, like the struggling owner of a laundrymat on the west side or the successful doctor who, as he faced his own death from cancer, strove to enlighten...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810124459
• ISBN13: 9780810124455
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 10.3"