William S. Bike
Born: April 9, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Bike is based in Chicago. Biography: William S. Bike wrote the books Streets of the Near West Side, Winning Political Campaigns, Celebrating a Proud Past, and The Forgotten 1970 Chicago Cubs: Go and Glow and edited the book Essays on Earl Renfroe: A Man of Firsts. Associate editor of the newspaper Gazette Chicago, he also works as a freelance writer. Formerly, he worked in communications for Loyola University Chicago, the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry. Bike has earned more than fifty awards in journalism, publications, media relations and alumni relations, including four Peter Lisagor Awards, the top honor in Chicago journalism.
Awards:
- Body of Work He is a four time Peter Lisagor Award winner.
E-Mail: anbcommunications@yahoo.com
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Web: https://www.centralparkcommunications.com
Web: https://apac.uic.edu/profiles/bike-william/
Selected Titles
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Streets of the Near West Side: Second Edition ISBN: 0759683956 OCLC: 50047401 [1stBooks Library], [Bloomington, IN] : [2002] Streets of the Near West Side tells the tales of the individuals and events for which the thoroughfares of one of the most interesting neighborhoods in one of the most fascinating cities in the world are named. Presidents, priests, politicians, pharmacists, physicians, soldiers, businessmen, real estate developers, financiers, philanthropists, Revolutionary and Civil War battles, Indian chiefs, Southern plantations, immigrants, playwrights, poets, and tavern owners all are part of Chicago's history--and their stories can be found in Streets of the Near West Side. Streets of the Near West Side also recounts events that happened in the area, from long-ago tales of the Chicago Cubs playing on Polk Street, to news pertinent to today's breaking headlines. |
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The Forgotten 1970 Chicago Cubs: Go and Glow ISBN: 146714908X OCLC: 1243261472 Chicago Cubs fans always will remember the beloved 1969 team. Yet the 1970 Cubs are, in many ways, more interesting. The Cubs added fascinating characters like Joe Pepitone and Milt Pappas to the legendary nucleus of Billy Williams, Ron Santo and Ernie Banks. The team came closer than in any year between 1945 and 1984--finishing only five games out of first place in one of baseball's hottest pennant races. Offering a fast-paced look at the season month by month, William S. Bike moves beyond wins, losses and statistics to relive Ernie Banks's 500th home run, the addition of |
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Winning Political Campaigns: A Comprehensive Guide to Electoral Success (Second Edition) ISBN: 0938737384 OCLC: 47196757 Denali Press, Juneau, Alaska, USA : ©2001. A comprehensive handbook for planning, organizing and executing a successful campaign for elective office. Written in an easy-to-use format, the book is designed for both novice campaigners and experienced workers. Covers everything from advertising to building alliances, proper business practices, campaign literature, candidate behavior, media, voter contact, fundraising strategy and more. Extensively revised and updated in 2001, the second edition is extremely thorough and detailed. Particularly useful are the numerous checklists and fifteen appendices which include a sample itinerary for a political event, extensive resources for various issues, sample news release and direct mail piece, and more. |