Zenith City: Stories from Duluth by Michael Fedo

Burning Fiery Furnace” and “River on Fire” deconstruct one of the city’s most ignominious images, the burning of the Cuyahoga River in the summer of 1967, by reminding the skeptical that like many Clevelanders “the river burned and was not consumed.” Readers of these pages who bemoan the absence of a surgeon’s medical innovation from the Cleveland Clinic, a musician’s encomium from the Cleveland Orchestra, or a curator’s art critique from the Art Museum must remember that this anthology is less about notable achievements than about tales from the streets. Nonetheless, Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology will be a great interest not only to native Clevelanders, like myself, but also to a wider audience of readers interested in urban anthropology and regional studies. James M. Boehnlein university of dayton Dayton, Ohio