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This volume features 185 full-page historical photographs of 13 communities.  Included are 120 photos of Joliet and 65 of Lockport, Plainfield, New Lenox, Frankfort, Mokena, Manhattan, Peotone, Braidwood, Wilmington, Channahon, Elwood, and Wilton Center. (Collector's item)

Volume II contains 254 photographs of 20 communities.  There are 143 historical views of Joliet and 111 of the other 19 towns.  Included are the towns in Volume I, plus Crete, Gooding's Grove, Monee, Ritchie, Steger, Romeoville, & Symerton. (Collector's item)

Readers are treated to 375 historical images of the Joliet region ranging from the early years of settlement to the 1980s.  Within the pages of this book, Joliet history comes alive through photographs which serve as windows to the past.  The text and captions accompanying the pictures are interesting and informative and provide both context and perspective.  The author has also included a number of vignettes on such topics as the I&M Canal, Stone City, Prison Town, Early Joliet Churches, J. D. Paige, Joliet Breweries, Rialto Theater, Parks & Recreation, and Civil Rights.

The related themes of transportation and industry are presented in picture and print in this volume on Joliet history.  The 275 photographs and supporting text tell the story of Joliet's development in these two important areas.  From the Sauk Trail blazed by Native Americans to present-day interstate highways and from 19th century stone quarries to modern manufacturing establishments, the story of Joliet's economic development is skillfully told and portrayed in this book.

Featuring over 700 photographs, this volume commemorates the centennial celebration of America's oldest public community college.  The full sweep of Joliet Junior College's history is recount- ed here from its founding in 1901 to its present position as a leading community college.  The author has a first-hand knowledge of the college, having served as a history professor and department chair for 30 years.  The volume contains both meaty prose for the serious scholar and fascinating photos for those interested in a coffee table book.

The history of Joliet's three prisons from 1858 to the 1960s is presented in a fascinating collection of photographs.  The book opens with a history of the old Joliet Prison on Collins Street, then moves to the Women's Prison, and finally concludes with several photos of Stateville from its construction through through the era of Warden Joseph Ragen.