Chicago Flashback: The People and Events That Shaped a City''s History

The devoted journalists at the Chicago Tribune have been reporting the citys news for 170 years. As a result, the paper has amassed an inimitable, as-it-happened history of its hometown, a city first incorporated in 1837 that rapidly grew to become the third-largest city in the United States. Since 2011, the Chicago Tribune has been mining its vast archive of photos and stories for its weekly feature Chicago Flashback, which deals with the significant people and events that have shaped the citys history and culture from the papers founding in 1847 to the present day.

Now the editors of the Tribune have carefully collected the best, most interesting Chicago Flashback features into a single coffee-table volume. Each story is accompanied by at least one black-and-white image from the papers fabled photo vault located deep below Michigan Avenues famed Tribune Tower. Chicago Flashback offers readers a unique perspective on the citys long and colorful history. See more