The real Chicago: people, places, triumphs, scourges, and traditions that define our city
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Mass media giant Tribune Company started as a newspaper company in 1915 when it was founded by Robert McCormick. The baseball tradition of throwing home run balls hit by opposing teams onto the field was started at Wrigley Field. Other things that are distinctly Chicagoan are described.
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 1996
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Take the money and write
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Novelist Wessel accepted Simon & Schuster's $900,000 contract to write two books. His agent, Molly Friedrich, was able to get such a lucrative contract for a new author by taking an auction approach with several publishers. 'This Far, No Further' will be released in early 1996.
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 1995
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Haunted by love
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Maclean became a darling in the literary world after his celebrated novel 'A River Runs Through It' was published in 1972. The novel, which was made into a film by Robert Redford, is a loose biography of Maclean and his brother Paul.
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 1996
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