{"id":12424,"date":"2017-02-14T11:52:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T17:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/?p=12424"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:36:22","slug":"chicago-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2017\/02\/14\/chicago-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently we raffled off a pair of tickets to a Chicago Wolves game. We asked entrants to share their favorite book about Chicago as part of their raffle entry. Congrats to the winner, Stephaine Villanova, and thank you to everyone who entered! Below are some of the books that you shared, many of these books are available at the LUC Libraries.<\/h3>\n

The House on M<\/a><\/a>ango Street<\/a><\/em> by Sandra Cisneros
\nThis was the most popular entry! Seven people said it was their favorite Chicago Story. The author, Sandra Cisneros, is an alumna of Loyola. Find out more about alumni authors here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Devil in the White City<\/a><\/em> by Erik Larson
\nSix people told us this was their favorite Chicago Story.<\/p>\n

Once a King, Always a King\u00a0<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Reymundo Sanchez<\/p>\n

My Bloody Life <\/em><\/a>by Reymundo Sanchez<\/p>\n

Good Kings, Bad Kings<\/em> by Susan Nussbaum<\/p>\n

A Raisin in the Sun<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Lorraine Hansberry<\/p>\n

Die Trying<\/em> by Lee Child<\/p>\n

Flash Boys<\/a><\/em> by\u00a0Michael Lewis<\/p>\n

Dead Beat<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/p>\n

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The Devil’s Shadow<\/em><\/a> by Hugh Holton<\/p>\n

Native Son<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Richard Wright<\/p>\n

Hairstyles of the Damned<\/a> <\/em>by Joe Meno
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\nProof<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Karina Borowicz<\/p>\n

The Divergent Series<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Veronica Roth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently we raffled off a pair of tickets to a Chicago Wolves game. We asked entrants to share their favorite book about Chicago as part of their raffle entry. Congrats to the winner, Stephaine Villanova, and thank you to everyone who entered! Below are some of the books that you shared, many of these books […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":9742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12424"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12540,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12424\/revisions\/12540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}