Ebook: Garbio: stories of Chicago, its garbage, and the Dutchmen who picked it up
Author: VanderLeest Larry, Stoub Paul
- Tags: Dutch Americans--Illinois--Chicago, Dutch Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions--20th century, Refuse and refuse disposal--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century, Refuse collectors--Illinois--Chicago, Refuse and refuse disposal, Refuse collectors, Social conditions, Dutch Americans, Ethnic relations, Biographies, History, Biography, VanderLeest Larry, Refuse collectors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography, Dutch Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography, Dutch Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Chapbook Press
- City: Chicago (Ill.);Grand Rapids;MI;Illinois;Chicago
- Language: English
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First lesson -- Close call -- The hole in the wall -- The sewers of Chi-Town -- On to greener pastures -- Let sleeping men lie -- The big hurt -- Last dreams -- Cook County jailhouse gray -- Garbio gaffes -- The stench -- Rat tales -- In the bowels of the city -- Show time -- Chicago Steel & Iron -- One man's trash -- Cold memories -- Relics -- Legacy.;VanderLeest grew up in the western suburbs of Chicago, went off to college, and came back to teach. But during summer vacations and school holidays, he drove garbage trucks in Chicagoland to make ends meet. Now he has collected the stories of the garbio-- drunks, corrupt cops, union goons-- and yes, rats as big as cats.
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