Chicago Eternal is the newest release in award-winning photographer and historian Larry Broutman’s collection of coffee table books of Chicago-themed photography. In this gigantic, gorgeous book of full-color haunting photographs, Broutman takes on an intimate journey through Cook County’s cemeteries.

Each picture of a tombstone, chapel, or mausoleum is accompanied by text and sometimes additional photographs or illustrations that give insight into that person’s life. Featured are politicians, sports legends, inventors, entertainers, singers, and mobsters who play heavily into Chicago’s history.

There are also soldiers and children who we may have never heard of but deserve to be remembered. This book is as touching as it is stunning.

From the foreword of Chicago Eternal (page 9).

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I have mixed feelings about this book. One one hand, it was a riveting plot.  Genealogist Morton Farrier is hired to unearch his client's family history.  Days later, the client is found dead and Morton sets out to finish the job.

The problem I had with this book was that there was too much action; it became formulaic.  Morton finds a clue, Morton gets attacked, Morton has to start over and finds another clue, Morton's house blows up, etc etc.  The action became a way to pad the plot into filling a book.  The action was also a little too Hollywood-y for my taste, not plausible in the least. 

So I'll leave this book rated just....ok.  Promising, but not great.