Sheffield sketches

the long version

Sheffield is one of Chicago's oldest neighborhoods: its boundaries are Halsted, Armitage, Fullerton, and the North Branch of the Chicago River. The people who lived there in the 1940s were mostly in the lower middle class, but they had spunk and dedication. When WWII came they were ready to dig in and do what they could to bring the war to a successful conclusion. The stories here, based on the author's childhood and youth in the Sheffield neighborhood, capture the spirit of the times and the people who might have lived there.