John McLaughlin (4)

Images of America is a series of photographic histories of America's cities and neighborhoods. I also have their book on South Shore, where I grew up - it was about a very different South Shore than the one I knew, which was mostly Jewish, rather than the heavily Irish and Italian Catholic population the book concentrated on.

Be that as it may, the story of Chicago's Irish Catholics is an important one in the history of this city, particularly its politics and its public school system. That's the one McLaughlin writes about.… (mehr)