It wasn't on rock and roll, as the popular song lyrics suggest, but these titles in the We Built This City series (5 titles) do trace the people, environment, technology, and other factors that influenced the creation of some of the country's most popular cities. Each book opens with an engaging and iconic image of the city, such as Chicago's 1893 World's Fair and the Hollywood sign above Los Angeles, before identifying the city's first inhabitants, the Native Americans indigenous to the area. From here, the volumes give a chronological overview of each city, addressing both challenges and unique features that endear today's visitors. Chicago emphasizes how engineering feats following the Great Chicago Fire and, later, related to rerouting the Chicago River made the city more inhabitable. Accompanied by numerous color and archival photos, each entry closes with a look at the city in the twenty-first century, including its skyscrapers, sporting venues, and other cultural and technological marvels. Whether readers are citizens, tourists, or future travelers, this series will educate and enlighten.