You Were Never in Chicago
- Contents
- Review Quotes
- Awards

Three “A tolerance for rubes”
Four “Give her my regards”
Five “Your show of shows”
Six “I’ll get you a judge”
Seven In the sleeping room
Eight “How long is it supposed to last?”
Nine Annals of the paper tube trade
Ten “A byutafl day in the palka”
Eleven “You gave the money away?”
Twelve A visit from the Angel Nacht
Thirteen “A lot of broken hearts”
Fourteen Driving with Ed McElroy
Fifteen “Gee, ya think?”
Sixteen The city in fog
Acknowledgments
"Despite his long residence in the city and its suburbs, Steinberg feels and writes as an outsider, which allows him to see and describe aspects of Chicago from a fresh and enthusiastic perspective....This is a well-done paean to a diverse, vibrant metropolis."
"Steinberg’s greatest gift is his ability to build Chicago in our imaginations as a city that has grown from the efforts of people willing to make it their home, sometimes against unbelievable odds. He weaves wonderful stories of people we now take for granted – Upton Sinclair, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Carl Sandburg, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Theodore Dreiser, Jelly Roll Morton – all who were not born in Chicago, but for whom Chicago became the backdrop onto which they achieved greatness."
Society of Midland Authors: Midland Authors Award
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