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The names of 35 distinguished Illinois authors are etched into the 4th floor frieze of the Illinois State Library Building.

  • Portait of Saul Bellow
    Saul Bellow
    Humboldt's Gift; The Adventures of Augie March; Herzog...
  • Portait of Nelson Algren
    Nelson Algren
    America Eats; Chicago, City on the Make; Somebody in Boots...
  • Portait of Henry Blake Fuller
    Henry Blake Fuller
    Bertram Cope's Year; Cliff-dwellers; Under the skylights...
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Charles Shafer

Born: N/A
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: N/A

Biography: Charles Shafter retired from the Chicago Police Department after 28 years of which 25 were spent as a detective.

Awards:

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Charles Shafer on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=charles+shafer

Selected Titles

Chicago Stretch /
ISBN: 1591330343 OCLC: 55039774

Hilliard Harris Publishers, Frederick, MD : ©2003.

On Cabrini Green /
ISBN: 1902002148 OCLC: 42700495

CT, Birmingham : 2000.

 

 

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