The Czechs first settled, serendipitously, behind the notorious O'Leary barn.Spared the Great Fire of 1871, they were displaced several blocks south by the ensuing land crush. From the desolation of the 1915 Eastland disaster, in which hundreds of victims were of Czech descent, to the triumphant Depression-era election of Czech-born mayor Antonín Cˇermák, Czechs of Chicagoland depicts how the Czech community and its great leaders, benevolent societies, and charitable and social organizations have shaped and continue to shape the course of Chicago's history.
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