Lloyd Wendt
Encyclopedia
Lloyd Wendt was a long time Chicago
journalist and the author of a number of books. After a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's
, Wendt died in a nursing home in Sanford, Florida
.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
journalist and the author of a number of books. After a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
, Wendt died in a nursing home in Sanford, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Sanford is a city in, and the county seat of, Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 38,291 at the 2000 census. As of 2009, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 50,998...
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Publications
- Three nonfiction pieces with Herman KoganHerman KoganHerman Kogan spent fifty years covering Chicago, many with the Chicago Sun-Times. He is the author of Yesterday's Chicago Herman Kogan (November 6, 1914 - March 8, 1989) spent fifty years covering Chicago, many with the Chicago Sun-Times. He is the author of Yesterday's Chicago Herman Kogan...
;- Lords of the LeveeLords of the LeveeLords of the Levee is a 1943 non-fiction book by long time Chicago Tribune reporters Lloyd Wendt and Herman Kogan in one of three collaborations about the city of Chicago, focusing on its politicians "Bathhouse" John Coughlin and "Hinky Dink" Kenna, notorious alderman for the City of Chicago's...
. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943 - Give the Lady What She Wants: the story of Marshall Field & Company. Chicago: Rand, McNally, 1952
- Big Bill of Chicago. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1953
- Lords of the Levee
- "Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneThe Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
": the rise of a great American newspaper. Chicago: Rand, McNally, 1979 - Swift Walker: an informal biography of Gurdon Saltonstall HubbardGurdon Saltonstall HubbardGurdon Saltonstall Hubbard was an American fur trader, insurance underwriter and land speculator. Hubbard first arrived in Chicago on October 1, 1818 as a voyageur...
. Chicago: Regnery, 1986