Herman Kogan

Herman Kogan

Herman Kogan (November 6, 1914 - March 8, 1989) spent fifty years covering Chicago, many with the "Chicago Sun-Times". He is the author of "Yesterday's Chicago" (E.A. Seeman, 1976) and several nonfiction books with fellow journalist Lloyd Wendt, including ' (Rand McNally, 1952), "Big Bill of Chicago" (Bobbs-Merrill, 1953), and "Lords of the Levee" (Bobbs-Merrill, 1943). He also wrote ' (University of Chicago Press, 1958).


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