Notable Residents of Oak Park Celebrated in New Book

Local author honors legendary locals complete with stunning, vintage images
 
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - Sept. 13, 2013 - PRLog -- The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Legendary Locals series is Legendary Locals of Oak Park by Douglas Deuchler. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images of the places and people that make the area legendary.

Founded in the 1830s by Joseph and Betty Kettlestrings, an intrepid young couple from Yorkshire, England, the small settlement of Oak Park grew slowly until the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Before the ashes had cooled, Oak Park’s population boomed as displaced families relocated into the community on the west edge of Chicago. By the turn of the 20th century, this thriving village became a magnet attracting ever-larger numbers of prosperous, progressive people to settle in what many referred to as “the finest of the streetcar suburbs.”

In the 1960s and 1970s, Oak Park became widely recognized for encouraging racial and ethnic diversity. Though best known for such residents as architect Frank Lloyd Wright and novelist Ernest Hemingway, Oak Park also lays claim to scores of others who have shone brightly in the national spotlight, as well as current folks who are passionate, daring and dynamic. More than 100 noteworthy Oak Parkers— past and present—are featured in this volume, from writers and restaurateurs to mobsters and movie stars.

Highlights of Legendary Locals of Oak Park:

Features many never before published images and includes an exciting mix of historic figures and contemporary people.
Includes the good and bad residents of Oak Park, mobsters and movie stars, VIP’s and villains.
A portion of the author’s profits will be donated to the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest.

Join the Author for a Signing!

When: Saturday, October 12, 2013, 2:00 to 4:00 PM

Where: Oak Park Public Library, Second Floor-Veterans Room

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467100861/Legendary-...).

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States.  Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places.  Have we done a book on your town?  Visit http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/
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