Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago

As one of America's most iconic and most visited cities, Chicago brims with history and fascinating detail. It is a place, as one historian has said, of "messy vitalities" and contradictions, coarse yet gentle, idealistic yet restrained. A refuge for outsiders, Chicago, like America, draws people intent on improving their lives. Told from an insider's point of view, Kotlowitz's NEVER A CITY SO REAL is not a travelogue as much as a tour of the city's soul and its people who, as Kotlowitz makes the case, epitomize the spirit of this country.