CAMPAIGN!
THE 1983 ELECTION THAT ROCKED CHICAGO by
Peter Nolan
“This is storytelling at its very best. Peter Nolan turns a semi-forgotten big city mayoral battle into a riveting and timeless tale of human behavior...the good and the bad.”
~ Mike Leonard NBC News correspondent
“Veteran newsman Peter Nolan, who covered all the players in the 1983 contest, has written a first-hand account of not only the key participants, the candidates and their top supporters, but also of relatively unknown election workers who invested their time and passions in a way not seen since in Chicago politics.... This is a book that every Chicago politician ought to keep under his pillow.... There is never enough history, and this is a nice slice of it.”
~ F. Richard Ciccone Former Managing Editor
Chicago Tribune
“Beyond compelling. Peter Nolan hit a home run. He now joins the ranks of Chicago’s great non-fiction writers.”
~ Rick Kogan Columnist, Chicago Tribune Host, The Sunday Papers, WGN 720
“Nolan has penned a riveting chronology of the 1983 campaign that elected Harold Washington as the first black mayor of Chicago. It’s a well documented history for sure, but it’s also a wonderfully told story full of the colorful characters that always rank the Chicago political scene as so captivating.”
~ Robert McCarthy Buffalo News
“Nolan has produced an insightful, nicely-paced look at this important event in Chicago and American politics.”
~ David Yepsen Director Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
Southern Illinois University