Gary, the Most American of All American Cities

"This book is a very good and delightful rendition of how Gary has been/is perceived by the media and those outside of its region."—Stephen G. McShane, co-author of Steel Giants

"Until very recently . . . work probing the cultural dimensions of metropolitan change has been largely absent from the canon of urban and suburban studies. With Gary, the Most American of All American Cities, historian S. Paul O'Hara offers a deeply researched, carefully narrated corrrective that is both insightful and important."—Technology and Culture

"O'Hara draws on a wonderful array of vignettes and quotes from writers, celebrities, visitors, and the media to illustrate, with good effect, the different views of Gary."—Business History Review

"O'Hara has produced a highly readable and engaging account appropriate for adoption in courses about twentieth-century American culture and urban history."—Indiana Magazine of History