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Sawyers, June Skinner was born on October 8, 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland. Daughter of Thomas Charles and Elizabeth Muir Lawson (Porter) Sawers. came to the United States, 1966.
(A dozen maps and 49 black-and-white photos accompany this...)
A dozen maps and 49 black-and-white photos accompany this collection of 72 essays on Chicago history. These essays offer a wide-ranging glimpse of the people and events that have shaped Chicago's rich past.
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( The only such collection for ages 10-14, it includes in...)
The only such collection for ages 10-14, it includes inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison, musicians from Bill Monroe to David Byrne, environmentalists Rachel Carson and John Muir, Presidents James Monroe and Woodrow Wilson, and many others
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(The famous, the infamous, and the unjustly forgotten—all ...)
The famous, the infamous, and the unjustly forgotten—all receive their due in this biographical dictionary of the people who have made Chicago one of the world’s great cities. Here are the life stories—provided in short, entertaining capsules—of Chicago’s cultural giants as well as the industrialists, architects, and politicians who literally gave shape to the city. Jane Addams, Al Capone, Willie Dixon, Harriet Monroe, Louis Sullivan, Bill Veeck, Harold Washington, and new additions Saul Bellow, Harry Caray, Del Close, Ann Landers, Walter Payton, Koko Taylor, and Studs Terkel—Chicago Portraits tells you why their names are inseparable from the city they called home.
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Sawyers, June Skinner was born on October 8, 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland. Daughter of Thomas Charles and Elizabeth Muir Lawson (Porter) Sawers. came to the United States, 1966.
Bachelor in English and History, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, 1980.
Advertising coordinator, Putman Public, Chicago, 1981-1983; editor, Jacobsen Public, Chicago, 1984-1990; editor, Loyola Press, Chicago, since 1990. Lecturer Newberry Library., Chicago, since 1992.
( The only such collection for ages 10-14, it includes in...)
(The famous, the infamous, and the unjustly forgotten—all ...)
(A dozen maps and 49 black-and-white photos accompany this...)
Member Illinois St. Andrews Society, Scottish Cultural Society.