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ROBERT
A. HOLLAND
will join
the Cigar
Society next
Tuesday night
to talk about
his book,
CHICAGO
IN
MAPS
Tuesday,
March 27,
5:30-8:30pm
The
Lounge at Iwan
Ries
19 South
Wabash
Cocktails at
5:30,
presentation
6:00-6:30
followed by
discussion and
more
cocktails.
$40 includes
drinks, two
cigars, and
sandwiches.
Reservations
are required.
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Among
the seventy-four maps
featured in the book, many
are seminal examples of this
timeless art form: the
"Kinzie Map," which
accompanied the Narrative of
the Massacre of 1812; the
Rand McNally "View of the
World’s Columbian
Exposition" of 1893; Daniel
Burnham’s influential
"Chicago Plan" of  1909,
which epitomized the
ambitions of the City
Beautiful Movement; W. T.
Stead’s "Map of Sin"; and
Bruce-Roberts’ 1931
"Gangland Map," a
tongue-in-cheek exposé of a
city populated by such
powerful underworld figures
as Al Capone, "Baby Face"
Nelson, "Machine Gun" Kelly,
and others, indicating
various gang territories and
warehouses.
Robert A. Holland
got his bachelor’s degree
from UW-Madison and both a
master’s and doctorate in
philosophy from the
University of
Illinois-Chicago. He
worked as a systems manager
for a Chicago-area research
company before returning to
academia to finish his
dissertation. He then taught
philosophy at Hofstra
University, earning tenure
in 1995. Holland left
Hofstra after 13 years and
now lives again in
Chicago. Holland has
served on the Board of
Governors of the Chicago
Jazz Ensemble and the Board
of the Chicago Map
Society. He has been
collecting rare maps for
more than twenty-five years.
Holland is also the author
of The Mississippi
River in Maps & Views:
From Lake Itasca to The
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About
the Cigar Society of Chicago
ONE OF
THE OLDEST AND greatest
traditions of the city clubs of
Chicago is the discussion of
intellectual, social, legal,
artistic, historical,
scientific, musical, theatrical,
and philosophical issues in the
company of educated, bright, and
appropriately provocative
individuals, all under the
beneficent influence of
substantial amounts of tobacco
and spirits. The
Cigar Society of Chicago
embraces this tradition and
extends it with its Informal
Smokers, University
Series lectures, and Cigar
Society Dinners, in which
cigars, and from time to time
pipes and cigarettes, appear as
an important component of our
version of the classical symposium.
To be included in the Cigar
Society's mailing list, write to
the Secretary at
CigarSociety@logicophilosophicus.org.
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