Links to Explore

Explore the subjects of our books in further depth. We've added extensive "links to explore" to the following books' pages on our website (www.lakeclaremont.com). More to come.

Carless in Chicago

Car-free blogs & organizations, transit agencies

For Members Only: A History and Guide to Chicago's Oldest Privage Clubs

Private clubs, their news & history

I Am a Teamster: A Short, Fiery Story of Regina V. Polk, Her Hats, Her Pets, Sweet Love, and the Modern-Day Labor Movement

Women in labor, contemporary Chicago labor

Oldest Chicago

Old/early Chicago, preservation, list of other Chicago"oldests" (e.g., Oldest Law Firm, Oldest Real Estate Company)

Rule 53: Capturing Hippies, Spies, Politicians, and Murderers in an American Courtroom

Courtroom life, famous trials, Chicago crime

Sports Traveler Chicago

Sports Tourism, local teams, local venues

What Would Jane Say? City Building Women and a Tale of Two Chicagos

Planning & urbanism, Jane Addams, Daniel Burnham

Wrigley Field's Last World Series: The Wartime Chicago Cubs and the Pennant of 1945

Cubs, Cubs fandom, Cubs history, Winning, Losing & the Curse

Varied, independent, focused, solid, creative, vibrant, hardworking, nice

That's how I characterized Chicago's publishing world in an interview with the Chicago Publishing Network that ran yesterday. Ivan R. Dee was also profiled. See the rest.

What Do Senior Save and I-Go Car Sharing Have in Common?

Both groups offer special prices on Lake Claremont Press books to their members:

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Senior citizens participating in this program through the city's Department of Aging receive an additional 10% off their Lake Claremont Press orders. For more information on this program, call (312) 744-4016 or e-mail seniorsave@cityofchicago.org.

I-Go Car Sharing

As part of I-Go's Chi-Town Rewards program, members are welcome to this offer from Lake Claremont Press: Buy 2 books, get one free; buy 4 books, get 2 free; buy 5 books, get 3 free.

Please contact us if your organization would like to set up a special discount benefit for your membership.

"Jane" Tops Women & Children First's List

Jason Behrends reports in Chicago Subtext that our What Would Jane Say? City-Building Women and a Tale of Two Chicago, by Janice Metzger, leads last week's list of top sellers at local indie bookseller Women & Children First.

When people first see or hear the title they've asked: Jane Byrne (first woman mayor of Chicago)? Jane Jacobs (visionary urbanist, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, 1961)? Jane Austen (okay, Austen mania does not extend that far)?

Jane, is Jane Addams, and the context is the early twentieth century, the era of Daniel Burnham and the Plan of Chicago.

Our Urban Times

Our Urban Times, the brainchild of editor/publisher Elaine Coorens, is an impressive and ambitious online newspaper stepping in to fill the neighborhood newspaper needs of Bucktown, East Village, Noble Square, Ukrainian Village, West Town, and Wicker Park now that The Chicago Journal cut its paper for those communities. "Without communications, there is no community," she says. Check out the extent of the communications she has in mind: Her publication covers city services, environmental issues, libraries, faith, education, garden, fashion, real estate, and at least a couple dozen other areas. Have your eyeballs and local advertising take a look...