Michigan Avenue, 1951

One man’s memoir about a decade in Chicago. One story that’s a hundred stories, about: — The Great American Novel that never got written— — A young writer’s introduction to big-agency advertising— — Ads and commercials and clients and bosses— — Hits and misses and triumphs and catastrophies— — A lovely young lady who became a supportive wife and mother— — Three young sons who kept both parents hopping— — Garrets and apartments and dream houses in the suburbs— — And an interesting look at America in the ’50’s from a front-row seat in the advertising that helped propel it. How it worked and didn’t work, scored and struck out, rewarded and punished, and just about everything else.