The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago; 1911 (Classic Reprint)

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The book OF chicagoans was first published in 1905. During the intervening years it has found a. Prominent place in thousands of business offices and homes in Chicago and elsewhere and its usefulness as a reference book has become widely recognized. In fact, it has been the only book to which one might turn for trustworthy information about practically all the leading men of the city. At the. Libraries it has been consulted more frequently than any other local reference book, and in newspaper Offices it has been regarded as a positive necessity.

A new edition, revised and brought down to date, has been called for and the present volume is presented as the best possible response to that demand. This edition contains many names not. Listed in the earlier issue - names unavoidably overlooked in a first edition, as well as a large number of others who have come into prominence since the first edition Was printed. The work of revision has been painstaking and thorough. Not only have many new names been added but each of the original sketches has been rewritten in order that the best possible arrangement of the data for easy reference purposes might be secured.

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