| Title | Links | Published | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 151. |
The Master of the Murder Castle Harper’s article, contained in book form? |
John Bartlow Martin |
1943 |
| 152. |
Saul Bellow |
1944 | |
| 153. |
The Case Book of Jimmy Lavender |
Vincent Starrett |
1944 |
| 154. |
It was promotion of this children's book that led to the infamous elephant incident at Marshall Fields. |
Russell McCracken |
1944 |
| 155. |
The Razor’s Edge |
W. Somerset Maugham |
1944 |
| 156. |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
1945 | |
| 157. |
Richard Wright |
1945 | |
| 158. |
St. Clair Drake |
1945 | |
| 159. |
The Far Away Music |
Arthur Meeker |
1945 |
| 160. |
John J. Malone #8 |
Craig Rice |
1945 |
| 161. |
Dark Hero |
Peter Cheyney |
1946 |
| 162. |
Passage from Home |
Isaac Rosenfeld |
1946 |
| 163. |
Olivia Howard Dunbar |
1947 | |
| 164. |
Behold A Cry |
Alden Bland |
1947 |
| 165. |
Rose Oller Harbaugh |
1947 | |
| 166. |
Knock On Any Door |
Willard Motley |
1947 |
| 167. |
Knock on Every Door |
Willard Motley |
1947 |
| 168. |
Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#1) |
Fredric Brown |
1947 |
| 169. |
The Neon Wilderness |
Nelson Algren |
1947 |
| 170. |
Ed and Am Hunter Mystery, Frederick Brown, 1947-1963 |
Frederick Brown |
1947-1963 |
| 171. |
47th Street |
Frank Marshall Davis |
1948 |
| 172. |
A House in Chicago |
Olivia Dunbar |
1948 |
| 173. |
Story (adapted from articles by): James P. McGuire Screenplay: Jay Dratler and Jerome Cady, 1948 Director: Henry Hathaway Stars: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb |
Story: James P. McGuire, Screenplay: Jay Dratler and Jerome Cady |
1948 |
| 174. |
Someday, Boy Someday, Boy, Sam Ross, 1948 |
Sam Ross |
1948 |
| 175. |
Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#2) |
Frederick Brown |
1948 |
| 176. |
John J. Malone #9 |
Craig Rice |
1948 |
| 177. |
Annie Allen (Pulitzer Prize, 1950) |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
1949 |
| 178. |
Story: (adapted from novel) Willard Motley Screenplay: John Monks Jr. and Daniel Taradash, 1949 Director: Nicholas Ray Stars: Humphrey Bogart, John Derek |
Story: Willard Motley, Screenplay: John Monks Jr. and Daniel Taradash |
1949 |
| 179. |
Arthur Meeker, Jr. |
1949 | |
| 180. |
Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#3) |
Fredric Brown |
1949 |
| 181. |
We Fished All Night |
Willard Motley |
1949 |
| 182. |
Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#4) |
Fredric Brown |
1950 |
| 183. |
Isaac Asimov |
1950 | |
| 184. |
The Man with The Golden Arm (first National Book Award) |
Nelson Algren |
1950 |
| 185. |
The Sidewalks Are Free |
Sam Ross |
1950 |
| 186. |
Chicago: City on the Make |
Nelson Algren |
1951 |
| 187. |
Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#5) |
Fredric Brown |
1951 |
| 188. |
Seymour Hersh |
1951 | |
| 189. |
Story (adapted from novel): Theodore Dreiser Screenplay: Ruth and Augustus Goetz, 1952 Director: Will Wyler Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones |
Story: Theodore Dreiser, Screenplay: Ruth and Augustus Goetz |
1952 |
| 190. |
Chicago: The Second City |
A.J. Liebling |
1952 |
| 191. |
Give the Lady What She Wants: The Story of Marshall Field & Company This history was written when the department store was in its full bloom as a legendary retailer. The narrative begins pre-Chicago Fire, when retail demand, especially among women, had expanded dramatically, then through the devastation caused by the natural disaster. |
Herman Kogan and Lloyd Wendt |
1952 |
| 192. |
Carl Sandburg |
1953 | |
| 193. |
Augie March In one section of this long coming-of-age novel, Augie flirts with academic life in a university much like the University of Chicago. |
Saul Bellow |
1953 |
| 194. |
Emmett Dedmon |
1953 | |
| 195. |
Maude Martha |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
1953 |
| 196. |
The Adventures of Augie March |
Saul Bellow |
1953 |
| 197. |
The Little Review Anthology |
Margaret Anderson (editor) |
1953 |
| 198. |
The Outsider |
Richard Wright |
1953 |
| 199. |
Ben Hecht |
1954 | |
| 200. |
Screenplay: Henry Kleiner, 1954 Director: Otto Preminger Stars: Harry Belafonte, Dorthy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey |
Screenplay: Henry Kleiner |
1954 |
| 201. |
The Chicago Renaissance in American Letters: A Critical History |
Bernard Duffy |
1954 |
| 202. |
Patrick Dennis |
1955 | |
| 203. |
Arthur Meeker, Jr. |
1955 | |
| 204. |
John Logan |
1955 | |
| 205. |
Story (adapted from the novel by): Nelson Algren Screenplay: Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer, and Ben Hecht, 1955 Director: Otto Preminger Stars: Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak |
Story: Nelson Algren, Screenplay: Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer, and Ben Hecht |
1955 |
| 206. |
John J. Malone #11 |
Craig Rice |
1956 |
| 207. |
“The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock” |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
1957 |
| 208. |
Dandelion Wine |
Ray Bradbury |
1957 |
| 209. |
John J. Malone #10 |
Craig Rice |
1957 |
| 210. |
James Farrell |
1957 | |
| 211. |
Never So Few |
Thomas T. Chamales |
1957 |
| 212. |
The Great Wheel Posthumously awarded a Newberry Honor. |
Robert Lawson |
1957 |
| 213. |
Let No Man Write My Epitaph |
Willard Motley |
1958 |
| 214. |
John J. Malone #12 |
Craig Rice |
1958 |
| 215. |
A Raisin in the Sun |
Lorraine Hansberry |
1959 |
| 216. |
Chicago Premiere: Blackstone Theatre |
Lorraine Hansberry |
1959 |
| 217. |
Katherine Dunham |
1959 | |
| 218. |
Story: Meyer Levin Screenplay: Richard Murphy, 1959 Director: Richard Fleischer Stars: Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell |
Story: Meyer Levin, Screenplay: Richard Murphy |
1959 |
| 219. |
Go Naked in the World |
Thomas T. Chamales |
1959 |
| 220. |
Goodbye, Columbus Roth wrote these stories in Hyde Park. |
Phillip Roth |
1959 |
| 221. |
The Girls in 3-B |
Valerie Taylor (Velma Nacella Young) |
1959 |
| 222. |
Ed and Am Hunter mystery (#6) |
Fredric Brown |
1959 |
| 223. |
Frank London Brown |
1959 | |
| 224. |
“A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi. Meanwhile, a Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon” |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
1960 |
| 225. |
“The Last Quatrain of the Ballad of Emmett Till” Published in The Bean Eaters collection of poetry. |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
1960 |
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