October 2023 - City of the Century by Donald Miller

 

The Paralegal Book Club will meet at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, October 10 at the Astor Food Court Lounge on the 6th Floor of the 900 North Michigan Avenue building.  

We will be discussing:  City of the Century by Donald Miller.

Donald Miller's powerful narrative embraces it all: Chicago's wild beginnings, its reckless growth, its natural calamities (especially the Great Fire of 1871), its raucous politics, its empire-building businessmen, its world-transforming architecture, its rich mix of cultures, its community of young writers and journalists, and its staggering engineering projects—which included the reversal of the Chicago River and raising the entire city from prairie mud to save it from devastating cholera epidemics. The saga of Chicago's unresolved struggle between order and freedom, growth and control, capitalism and community, remains instructive for our time, as we seek ways to build and maintain cities that retain their humanity without losing their energy. City of the Century throbs with the pulse of the great city it brilliantly brings to life.