Bughouse Square: aka, Washington Square Park, Chicago, Illinois, North America. A one-time free speech venue populated by radicals, preachers, and assorted crackpots.
Me: Toby Higbie. Historian, father of twin girls, and member of the midwestern diaspora. Lately I’m posting snippets of historical documents about working class reading and educational experiences in the early 20th century. But I’m also prone to expressing opinions about contemporary issues. Many of the images on this blog are available on my Flickr site.
You: welcome to browse and comment.
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The author’s other work:
Indispensable Outcasts: Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest, 1880-1930 (University of Illinois Press, 2003).
Outspoken: Chicago’s Free Speech Tradition (curator, with Peter Alter), Newberry Library, September 2004-January 2005.
