Compass American Guides: Chicago, 3rd Edition (Compass American Guides) by Jack Schnedler

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Compass American Guides: Chicago, 3rd Edition (Compass American Guides) by Chicago Travel Books

Compass American Guides: Chicago, 3rd Edition (Compass American Guides) by Jack Schnedler
Price: $21.00

Features

Paperback: 288 pages

Publisher: Compass America Guides; 3 edition July 10, 2001

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0679008411

ISBN-13: 978-0679008415

Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

Product Review
Visitors to Chicago will find their stay enhanced with the assistance of Jack Schnedler's Chicago. Jam-packed with extensive listings of music venues, museums, theaters, quality restaurants, fine hotels, and even guide information on Chicago's professional sports teams, Chicago can help make the most of any trip to one of America's premiere cities. Chicago comes with an architectural guide with a keyed map to the city's prominent buildings, detailed color maps covering neighborhoods, rare archival photos, and evocative color images by one of America's leading photographers. If you're going to Chicago, don't leave home without it! -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

Created by local writers and photographers, Compass American Guides are the ultimate insider's guides, providing in-depth coverage of the history, culture and character of America's most spectacular destinations. This photo-packed guide to Chicago contains everything there is to see and do from extensive information on music venues, museums, and theaters to shopping on Michigan Avenue; loads of historical and cultural background; topical essays and literary excerpts; archival images; detailed color maps, and unique regional dining and lodging options. These gorgeous full-color guides are perfect for new and longtime residents as well as vacationers who want a deep understanding of Chicago and its surrounding areas.

Reader Reviews
To sum up my opinion, this book seems more like a book about the history / culture of Chicago than a tourist guide for the city. Specifically, the book has an interesting account of the history of the city, and many beautiful photos. Unfortunately, the descriptions of the sights and restraunts are not informative enough if this book was to be used as a tourist guide. This seems to be a general trend in the "Compass American Guides" line of Fodor's. A significant weakness in my opinion. The section in this book about Grant Park is a representative example of the general feel of this book. The description of Grant Park feels a little short, but does does list all the important sights of the park. Furthermore, the photograph that accompanies the description of the park is of a little girl eating a watermelon. The picture is a closeup so that you can't actually see any of the park. This is useful for capturing Chicago culture, but not useful for knowing what the park is like. I would have prefered a picture of the famous Buckingham Fountain. Also, this book does not say anything about the Millenium Park except to say that it exists. This is probably because the book was published in 2001 and that is the same year the park was opened. However, the Millenium Park is an important sight so it would be good to get a guide that includes a description of it.

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