If Christ Came to Chicago! A Plea for the Union of All Who Love in the Service of All Who Suffer
by William T. Stead
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- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Laird & Lee, Publishers, 1894. Soft cover. Fair. Printed wraps. Covers chipped. Biopredation (worm holes in top and bottom margins of the first 168 pages). Includes the color map of the Nineteenth District, 1st Ward, showing the locations of brothels, saloons, pawn shops, and lodging houses. 472, [2] pages. A scarce American edition of Stead's detailed review of Chicago and its problems with vice, mercantile and political corruption, poverty, and children's welfare, based on his observations during a residency of several months in 1893 and interviews with leading citizens and ministers as well as with ''unbelievers,'' including bankers and merchants, saloon keepers, and madames. William T. Stead (1849-1912) was an English investigative journalist, reformer, and founder and editor of The Review of Reviews.
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- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015181
- Title
- If Christ Came to Chicago! A Plea for the Union of All Who Love in the Service of All Who Suffer
- Author
- William T. Stead
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Laird & Lee, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1894
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chicago, 1st Ward, history, corruption, prostitution, vice,
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- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....