Neil Steinberg is a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. His books include ‘Complete and Utter Failure: A Celebration of Also-rans, Runners-Up, Never-Weres and Total Flops’, ‘The Alphabet of Modern Annoyances’ and ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship: Finding my Father While Lost at Sea.’ His work has been published in Salon and Granta magazine.
‘Jacob spells 'idiosyncratically' and nods at the 'That is correct,' as if to say, 'Damn right that is correct, lady.''
From the street, the factory housing the Frederick Cooper Lamp Company is not as ugly...
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