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BOOKS
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by William S. Bike
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Winning Political Campaigns
A how-to book on all aspects of political campaigning, the book uses many examples of political figures' successes and failures in running for office. Covering everything from advertising to building alliances, proper business practices, campaign literature, candidate behavior, media, voter contact, fundraising, strategy, and more, Winning Political Campaigns is not only comprehensive, but entertaining as well. |

$14.50 plus $3.99 s&h
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Streets of the Near West Side
Learn about the historic streets of one of Chicago's most fascinating neighborhoods. Streets of the Near West Side tells the stories of whom and what 57 of the areas thoroughfares were named. The book also features news of events that happened in the area, from long-ago tales of the Chicago Cubs playing on Polk Street, to news pertinent to today's headlines. Learn which street is named for a U.S. President who liked to swim in the nude, and which is named for a bicycle racer who created Chicago's expressway system. |
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Essays on Earl Renfroe--A Man of Firsts
A biography of a man whom African-American history expert Dr. Claude Driskell writes "belongs in the same category" with Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. Du Bois, Essays on Earl Renfroe tells the story of Dr. Earl W. Renfroe, a University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry Professor who was considered the top clinical orthodontist in the world for many years. He also was the first African-American in Illinois to be licensed as a commercial airline pilot, and a Brigadier General in the Illinois National Guard. |
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