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Henry Holt and Co.
March 2019
On Sale: March 19, 2019
448 pages
ISBN: 1250294010
EAN: 9781250294012
Kindle: B07CRH36MQ
Hardcover / e-Book
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Historical
A propulsive debut of visionary scale, Make Me a
City embroiders fact with fiction to tell the story of
Chicago's 19th century, tracing its rise from frontier
settlement to industrial colossus. The tale begins with a game of chess—and on the outcome of
that game hinges the destiny of a great city. From appalling
injustice springs forth the story of Chicago, and the men
and women whose resilience, avarice, and altruism combine to
generate a moment of unprecedented civic energy. A variety of irresistible voices deliver the many strands of
this novel: those of Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable, the
long-unheralded founder of Chicago; John Stephen Wright,
bombastic speculator and booster; and Antje Hunter, the
first woman to report for the Chicago Tribune. The
stories of loggers, miners, engineers, and educators teem
around them and each claim the narrative in turns, sharing
their grief as well as their delight. As the characters, and their ancestors, meet and part, as
their possessions pass from hand to hand, the reader
realizes that Jonathan Carr commands a grand picture, one
that encompasses the heartaches of everyday lives as well as
the overarching ideals of what a city and a society can and
should be. Make Me a City introduces us to a novelist
whose talent and ambition are already fully formed.
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