Michael Glover Smith is an independent filmmaker whose most recent films, At Last, Okemah! (2009) and The Catastrophe (2011), have won multiple awards at film festivals across the United States. He has taught film history and aesthetics at Oakton Community College, Triton College, Harold Washington College, and the College of Lake County, and lectures at Northwestern University and Facets Multimedia.Adam Selzer lives in Chicago and is a tour guide and the author of several books on history and folklore, including The Smart Aleck”s Guide to American History.
14 Ebooks by Adam Selzer
Michael Glover Smith & Adam Selzer: Flickering Empire
Flickering Empire tells the fascinating yet little-known story of how Chicago served as the unlikely capital of American film production in the years before the rise of Hollywood (1907–1913). As ente …
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€26.99
William Griffith & Adam Selzer: Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Chicago History
A delightfully wicked look at the badly behaved characters who shaped the history of the Windy Citythrough their deeds and misdeeds.Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Chicago History features twenty- …
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€14.21
Adam Selzer: H. H. Holmes
Americas first and most notorious serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 Worlds Fair in Chicago, now updated with a new afterword discussing Holmes exhumation on American Ripp …
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€17.60
Adam Selzer & Adam Selzer: Chronicles of Old Chicago
Discover the fascinating history of Chicago-home to Barack Obama, Al Capone, the Chicago Cubs, politicians, mobsters, and more-told through 24 dramatic true stories. Known as an expert on Chicago’s f …
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€19.30
Adam Selzer: H. H. Holmes
Shares with readers America’s first and most infamous serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago The first comprehensive book following the life and career …
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€17.60
Adam Selzer: Mysterious Chicago
From Chicago historian Adam Selzer, expert on all of the Windy Citys quirks and oddities, comes a compelling heavily researched anthology of the stories behind its most fascinating unsolved mysteries …
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€15.25
Adam Selzer: Chronicles of Old Chicago : Exploring the History and Lore of the Windy City
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€19.37
Adam Selzer: Graceland Cemetery
Chosen for the 2024 Illinois Reads Program by the Illinois Reading Council One of Chicago s landmark attractions, Graceland Cemetery chronicles the city s sprawling history through the stories of its …
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€19.14
