About the Author

Dennis H. Cremin is the coauthor of Chicago: A Pictorial Celebration and contributor to The Encyclopedia of Chicago. He has extensive experience as a public historian, serving as director of research and public programs for the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Gaylord Building Historic Site and as a State Scholar for the Illinois Humanities Council. He served on the Road Scholars Speakers Bureau, provided guided tours for the City of Chicago's Office of Cultural Affairs, and worked as an archivist for the Grant Park Music Festival. He is an associate professor of history at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois.

Reviews

"Grant Park is Chicago's storied front yard. If there isone place to see the rich panoply of Chicago history unfold, I can think of no better spot than Chicago's lakefront park. Dennis Cremin has crafted a rich chronicle of Grant Park that highlights its central place in the history of Chicago. Chapter by chapter, Cremin takes his reader from the park's origins in the shadow of Fort Dearborn to the creation of Millennium Park."--Ann Keating, Toenniges Professor of History, North Central College"What happens when a historian visits a park and then starts the thought process rolling? What happened here? How has the landscape changed over time? How does the city appear in this showcase parcel of land? Does the real city differ from its 'front yard' presentation? Professor Cremin's answers to such questions, in text and pictures, will provide an enriched vista the next time one walks through Grant Park."--Gerald A. Danzer, emeritus professor of history, University of Illinois at Chicago"Dennis H. Cremin provides the first thorough account of the often controversial development of Grant Park, including its many physical and cultural features, the numerous important events staged in the park, and the people involved in its evolution."--Irving Cutler, author of Chicago: Metropolis of the Mid-Continent