Chicago in Maps: 1612-2002

Chicago in Maps: 1612-2002 by Robert A. Holland. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780847827435.

Chicago in Maps is a luxuriously illustrated cartographic history of Chicago, known for centuries as the gateway city to the West. The powerful and evocative documents reproduced here offer an unprecedented avenue to the citys past-a fascinating collective portrait of the evolution of one of Americas great towns. Among the seventy-four maps featured, many are seminal exemplars of this timeless art form: the "Kinzie Map," which accompanied the Narrative of the Massacre of 1812; the Rand McNally "View of the Worlds Columbian Exposition" of 1893; Daniel Burnhams influential "Chicago Plan" of 1909, which epitomized the ambitions of the City Beautiful Movement; W. T. Steads "Map of Sin"; and Bruce-Roberts 1931 "Gangland Map"-a tongue-in-cheek "exposé" of a city populated by such powerful underworld figures as Al Capone, "Baby Face" Nelson, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and others, indicating various gang territories and warehouses. Filled with fascinating historical anecdotes and detailed scholarship, Chicago in Maps is a work that will be highly prized by map lovers and history buffs alike. It is a sumptuous feast of glorious full-color reproductions of maps by the some of the worlds most extraordinary cartographers.