The Chicagoan: A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age, edited by Neil Harris
Think quiz. ‘A crescent-shaped town, 26 miles by 15, along a great lake. An unchallenged murder record — a splendid university — hobo capital to the country — and the finest of grand opera. Altogether the most zestful spectacle on this earth.’

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