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John Joseph O'Brien

Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: John O'Brien lived his whole life in Illinois.

Biography: Uncertain about what to do with his life after finishing junior college in 1959, John O'Brien answered a help-wanted ad for a newspaper reporter. In 2003 Mr. O'Brien was honored as one of the city's journalism greats by the Chicago Press Veterans Association, which named him Press Veteran of the Year.


Awards:

Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction; Other

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

John Joseph O'Brien on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=john+joseph+o%27brien


Selected Titles

Chicago heist /
ISBN: 089708053X OCLC: 8011689

And Books, South Bend, Ind. : ©1981.

  Teresita, the voice from the grave :
ISBN: 0929387678 OCLC: 26852751

Bonus Books, Chicago : ©1992.

 

 

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