Download or read book Chicago Portraits written by June Skinner Sawyers and published by Wild Onion Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical sketches of prominent figures from Chicago's past, either born and bred there or born and raised elsewhere but associated with the city. A sampling, just from last names beginning with the letter "A", yields Jane Addams, George Ade, Nelson Algren, Saul Alinsky, John Peter Altgeld, Sherwood Anderson, Louie Armstrong, and Jacob Arvey. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR