Forgotten Chicago Airfields

Nick Selig excavatesthe highways to the sky that have been covered up by urban sprawl or dissolvedby neglect. More than a guide to landing strips that have had startling secondlives as shopping malls or retirement homes, he uncovers the excitement of theearly days of air travel, when a man might cling to his job as a lavatory truckdriver for a closer peek at aviation. In this follow-up to Lost Airports of Chicago, discover how a tractor swap gave birth toClow International Airport and revel in the daredevil exploits of puddle-jumperpilots over the wide-open spaces of Harlem Avenue.