Christopher Hass: Free Chicago, Gebunden
Free Chicago
- 50 Years of the Reader
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press, 03/2026
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9798218515577
- Item number:
- 12619734
- Volume:
- 300 Pages
- Weight:
- 1533 g
- Format:
- 305 x 229 mm
- Thickness:
- 30 mm
- Release date:
- 3.3.2026
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
Free Chicago: 50 Years of the Reader is an oversized coffee table book that tells the incredible story of the nation's longest surviving free city paper.
In Chicago in 1971, a group of friends gathered around a dining room table to assemble the first issue of a new, "alternative" newspaper. It was designed for an audience that was young, urban, and hip--and they gave it away for free. In the process, they created a new model of journalism that gave birth to an entire industry: the alt-weekly.
Free Chicago: 50 Years of the Reader is a rich, visual tour of the first five decades of the Chicago Reader, drawn from the archives of more than 2, 500 issues, supplemented with interviews and essays, as well as never-before-seen notes, manuscripts, and production materials.
The Reader 's striking design, irreverent voice, and innovative long-form journalism became a model and inspiration for an explosion of free city papers that launched across the country. Free Chicago covers every era of the Reader , from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, along with all the near-deaths and last-minute saves that have kept the Reader alive for more than 50 years.
