You Were Never in Chicago

by Neil Steinberg

Book Overview

In 1952 the New Yorker published a three-part essay by A. J. Liebling in which he dubbed Chicago the "Second City." From garbage collection to the skyline, nothing escaped Liebling's withering gaze. Among the outraged responses from Chicago residents was one that Liebling described as the apotheosis of such criticism: a postcard that read, simply, "You were never in Chicago."

Neil Steinberg has lived in and around Chicago for more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022610415X
• ISBN13: 9780226104157
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"