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This book chronicles the existence of the cityOs first great opera house. It is also the story of Albert and Uranus Crosby, who migrated from Cape Cod to Chicago, where they made their fortunes and later sacrificed it all in their efforts to bring a new cultural enlightenment to their adopted city. The advent of CrosbyOs Opera House and the labors of its founders caused a cultural awakening so profound that it unquestionably set the stage for ChicagoOs later becoming one of AmericaOs great cultural centers.

Crosby's Opera House: Symbol of Chicago's

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    A Hardback by Eugene H. Cropsey

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      Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
      Publication Date: 01/02/2000
      ISBN13: 9781611471816, 978-1611471816
      ISBN10: 1611471818

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      Book Synopsis
      This book chronicles the existence of the cityOs first great opera house. It is also the story of Albert and Uranus Crosby, who migrated from Cape Cod to Chicago, where they made their fortunes and later sacrificed it all in their efforts to bring a new cultural enlightenment to their adopted city. The advent of CrosbyOs Opera House and the labors of its founders caused a cultural awakening so profound that it unquestionably set the stage for ChicagoOs later becoming one of AmericaOs great cultural centers.

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