Chicago in the Fifties: Remembering Life in the Loop and the Neighborhoods

A nostalgic look at Chicago during the 1950s based on interviews with almost 100 current and former Chicagoans, as well as 150 duotone, black and white photographs. The book includes chapters on the Loop (including nightclubs, movie theaters, restaurants, and Marshall Fields), daily life, growing up (including Riverview and Lincoln Park Zoo), sports (including the White Sox, Cubs, Blackhawks and Bears), and entertainment (including television and rock and roll). The book includes a foreword by Hugh Hefner, as well as interviews with entertainers Shelley Berman and Mort Sahl, broadcasters Mike Wallace, Hugh Downs, and Warner Saunders, political figures Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Illinois governor James Thompson, restaurateur Rich Melman, sports writer and producer Jack Rosenberg, jazz musician Ramsey Lewis, Mary Frances Veeck, and athletes Jim Brosnan, Billy Pierce, Johnny Morris and Carmen Salvino.Samors, Neal is the author of 'Chicago in the Fifties: Remembering Life in the Loop and the Neighborhoods', published 2005 under ISBN 9780972545648 and ISBN 0972545646.