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Title Chicago flashbulbs [electronic resource] : a quarter century of news, politics, sports and show business / Cory Franklin.
Author Franklin, Cory M.
Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Academy Chicago Pub, 2013
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Description 1 online resource (304 pages)
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Note Collection of essays from the Chicago Tribune.
Contents Entertainment -- People -- Current events -- Medicine & science -- Life -- Sports -- Tongue in cheek -- Chicago -- Long-form essay
Note Description based on print version record.
Summary There is always a place for well-crafted, entertaining and informative essays and Chicago Flashbulbs fills that niche. Dr. Franklin's great enthusiasm and insights make these varied pieces both entertaining and memorable. His attention to detail in observing the human condition and his wry sense of humor will draw the reader in. - Howard Nearman, MD, MBA, Cascorbi Professor/Department Chair, Case Western university Chicago Flashbulbs is filled with characters you want to read about: from hardworking teachers to a Princess; faded Hollywood legends, inspired physicians, rock stars and sports heroes. There are gripping accounts of the tragedy of wars, disease and man-made disasters as well as essays on the absurdity and humor of everyday life. The virtuous are celebrated while the pompous are revealed, as they should be. -Cynthia Kelly Conlon, JD, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, Northwestern university, School of education and Social Policy These essays are custom-crafted for the news and nostalgia junkie which appeared in the op-ed page of the Chicago Tribune and in other publications. They are colorfully recounted stories of the high-born, the low-born and some who wished they had never been born. Readers will find themselves drawn into the subjects' lives. - Lt. Colonel Jim Nicholson, uS Army reserve (ret.), Former investigative reporter, Philadelphia Daily News, Author of Because No One Else
Subject Chicago (Ill.) -- Anecdotes.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Genre Electronic books.
Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
Subject Since 1951
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Political science. (OCoLC)fst01069781
Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
Added Author Freading.
Related To Print version: Franklin, Cory M. Chicago flashbulbs 0897337182 (OCoLC)852239982
ISBN 9780897338394 (electronic bk.)
0897338391 (electronic bk.)
9780897337410 (electronic bk.)
0897337417 (electronic bk.)