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The Pattis Family Foundation and the Newberry Library Announce 2024 Chicago Book Award Recipient

Chicago author Thomas Leslie will receive The Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award for his book "Chicago Skyscrapers 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, & Race Reshaped the City"

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Whether it's a letter from Michelangelo or a doodle drawn in a nineteenth-century textbook by a procrastinating student, primary sources bring the past to life in vivid detail. You’re free to explore these historic materials online or in person at the Newberry.

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