This is a partial list of the books and articles I’ve read. Feel free to explore. Links added when available.
*denotes a personal favorites or title in my home library
Enjoy and be well, Everyone.
Books
Local Interest – Chicago
A Compendium of the Early History of Chicago – Ulrich Danckers & Jane Meredith
Avondale and Chicago’s Polish Village – Arcadia Publishing
Boss- Richard J. Daley of Chicago – Mike Royko
Chicago‘s 1893 World’s Fair – Arcadia Publishing
Chicago’s Beverly/Morgan Park Neighborhood – Arcadia Publishing
Chicago’s Historic Prairie Avenue – Arcadia Publishing
Chicago‘s Historic Pullman District – The History Press
Chicago In the Great Depression – James Schonauer
Chicago’s Maxwell Street – Arcadia Publishing
Chicago’s South East Side – Arcadia Publishing
Chicago’s South Shore – Arcadia Publishing
Cicero, The First Suburb West – Arcadia Publishing
East Lake View – Arcadia Publishing
Chicago Confidential – Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer
Chicago’s Gold Coast – Arcadia Publishing
Children of the Great Depression – Russell Freedman
*The Devil in the White City – Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Change America, by Erik Larson
The Eastland Disaster – Ted Wachholz
Forgotten Chicago – John Paulett
Go West! Chicago and American Expansion – Olivia Mahoney
The Great Chicago Fire – Arcadia Publishing
History Comics- The Great Fire, Rising From the Ashes – Kate Hannigan & Alex Graudins
Greeks in Chicago – Arcadia Publishing
Hidden History of Ravenswood and Lake View – Arcadia Publishing
Highland Park, Settlement to the 1920s – Julia Johnas
Hull House – Arcadia Publishing
Lake View – Arcadia Publishing
The Lakeview Saga – Lake Citizens Council
Lincoln Park, Chicago – Melanie Ann Apel
Maritime Chicago – Arcadia Publishing
Old Irving Park – Arcadia Publishing
On This Day in Chicago History – John Schmidt
Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture – Judith Paine McBrien
Portage Park – Arcadia Publishing
Printers Row – Arcadia Publishing
Riverview Amusement Park – Arcadia Publishing
Rogers Park – Arcadia Publishing
Taylor Street – Arcadia Publishing
World War II Chicago – Paul Green & Melvin Holli
Local Interest, Elsewhere
Beverly Shores: A Surburban Dunes Resort – Jim Morrow
Ephraim – Ephraim Historical Foundation, Inc.
*It Happened in Illinois, Remarkable Events That Shaped History – Richard Moreno
Lockport, Illinois, the Old Canal Town – John Lamb
Des Plaines- Born of the Tallgrass Prairie – Donald S. Johnson
General Interest
1929: America Before the Crash – Warren Sloat
Around the World in a Hundred Years, from Henry the Navigator to Magellan – Jean Fritz
*The Ancient City – Life in Classical Athens & Rome – Peter Connolly & Hazel Dodge
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
*Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1933 – Milton Meltzer
Cheap Raw Material – Milton Meltzer
History Smashers – Plagues and Pandemics by Kate Messner
Hunger in Holland, by Cornelia Fuykschot
In the Days of the Pharaohs, A Look at Ancient Egypt – Milton Meltzer
Lost Civilizations – Etruscans: Italy’s Lovers of Life – Time/Life Books
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales – Big Bad Ironclad!
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales – Donner Dinner Party
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales – Treaties, Trenches, Mud and Blood
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales – The Underground Abductor
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales – Alamo All-Stars
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales – Raid of No Return
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales – Major Impossible
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales – Cold War Correspondent
Science Comics, Cars – Dan Zettwoch
Science Comics, The Digestive System – Jason Viola & Andy Ristaino
Science Comics, Dinosaurs – MK Reed & Joe Flood
Science Comics, Flying Machines – Alison Wilgus & Molly Brooks
Science Comics, Plagues – Falynn Koch
Science Comics, Volcanos – Jon Chad
The Cotton Gin – Benchmark Books
The Printing Press – Benchmark Books
Soccer in Sun Shadow, by Eduardo Galeano
The Jungle (uncensored, original version) – Upton Sinclair
*The Oxford Illustrated History of the Third Reich by Robert Gellately
Illustrated History of The Third Reich – Alex Hook
The Reckoning, by David Halberstam
This History of Nations, Germany – Greenhaven Press
Ways of Living and Dying, by Harry Jonesburg
Military History
Grant Moves South, by Bruce Catton
Lost in the Pacific, 1942, by Tod Olson
*The Illustrated World War II series by Time-Life Books
The Story of Air Fighting, by Air Vice Marshall J.E. Johnson
Weapons and Warfare, From the Stone Age to the Space Age – Milton Meltzer
People
Alexander Hamilton, The Outsider – Jean Fritz
The American Revolutionaries, A History in Their Own Words, 1750-1800 – Crowell
Andrew Jackson and His America – Franklin Watts
Benjamin Franklin, The New American – Franklin Watts
*Bitcoin Billionaires (A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption) – Ben Mezrich
Bully for you, Teddy Roosevelt! – Jean Fritz
The Great Little Madison – Jean Fritz
Make Way for Sam Houston – Jean Fritz
The Many Lives of Andrew Carnegie – Franklin Watts
*The Military Lives of Hindenburg and Ludendorff of Imperial Germany – Franklin Watts
Richtoffen, The Red Baron, by Schumaker
Voices From the Civil War – Crowell
Who Was Genghis Khan? – Nico Medina
Video
David Icke – Live at Wembley – Part 1 (2012)
The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Secret Empire
From JFK to 9/11: Every Thing is a Rich Man’s Trick
The Green Berets (Spinnaker Video)
LA Marzulli: The Giant of Kandahar
Michael Tsarion – Age of Manipulation
Soldiers: A History of Men in Battle (full series)
Soldiers: A history of Men in Battle (additional video platform)
Vietnam: The Air War (Spinnaker Video)
The Western Tradition (Youtube)
The Western Tradition (additional video platform)
Audiobooks
The Trial of Adolf Hitler: The Beer Hall Putsch and the Rise of Nazi Germany- David King
The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer – Anthony Bruno
The Chronicler's Tale 