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The Chicagoan Returns

291 views · Published 8 June 2011 · 3:23 · Indexed 1 November 2026

Channel: The University of Chicago · 2011 · Education

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Neil Harris, the Preston & Sterling Morton Professor Emeritus of History and Art History, first ran across "The Chicagoan" at the Joseph Regenstein Library more than 12 years ago. Although the eminent historian had never before heard of the colorful Jazz Age magazine, he figured that plenty must have been written about it."The Chicagoan", which openly celebrated its city, was published at least 149 times between 1926 and 1935. The lavishly illustrated magazine featured the work of hundreds of artists and writers, many of them quite successful. And it was clearly an imitation of the well known The New Yorker.Over the ensuing years, however, Harris found few records of the Chicagoan in any scholarly, historical, or popular archives or collections. So he set out to write a modest book about "The Chicagoan". The more Harris dug into the magazine's past, however, the more he became determined to give it a fitting re-introduction to the world. The book grew in page size and page count, and grants were secured to assure high-quality color reproduction. His wife, Teri Edelstein, aided him in selecting the pages to anthologize."We felt a big responsibility because we were giving a second life to some very talented writers and artists," Harris says. "As we worked, we became more and more determined to get it right.""The Chicagoan": A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age, published by the University of Chicago Press in November 2008, is a stunning 385-page tribute to the magazine and the city it shamelessly promoted. The reviews have been gushing, with The New York Times Book Review calling it ":a coffee table book nicer and better than most coffee tables."

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