This is a fascinating, endearing, and intimate look at the people and places that make cities such amazing places. Scott Jacobs has been on the journalistic beat in Chicago's inner-city neighbourhoods for over 40 years, a solid base from which he is able to paint an intimate portrait of them in this delightful collection of engaging and fascinating essays. Jacobs is a born storyteller with an eye for quirky detail and a deep understanding of human nature. Whether he is taking a tour of his local supermarket, talking with a neighbor, or observing penitent parishioners worship a water stain under the local highway, Jacobs sees city living as an on-going adventure. Through political upheaval, gentrification, and social redemption, he manages to find common threads that hold the keys to just what makes the city tick.
- ISBN10 1879652013
- ISBN13 9781879652019
- Publish Date 14 September 2012
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Subtle Communications
- Format Paperback
- Pages 200
- Language English