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The Pattis Family Foundation and the Newberry Library Announce 2024 Chicago Book Award Recipient
Chicago author Thomas Leslie will receive The Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award for his book "Chicago Skyscrapers 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, & Race Reshaped the City"
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