Bringing a Group to Chicago?

Adam Selzer is the author of The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History (Random House, 2010),   Your Neighborhood Gives Me the Creeps: True Tales of an Accidental Ghost Hunter (Llewellyn 2009) and several hilarious young adult and middle grade novels, including the acclaimed How To Get Suspended and Influence People, I Put a Spell On You and I Kissed A Zombie And I LIked It..

In addition to his books and school visits, he has years of experience as a a tour guide, both privately and with various companies around the city. Student groups (ages 8 and up) are Adam's speciality - students regularly cite his tours as a highlight of their Chicago trip, and teachers find them to be the most educational tours available in the city.

Types of tours available for private groups, schools, libraries, park districts, etc include:


THE  SMART ALECK'S GUIDE TO CHICAGO
Based on his acclaimed Smart Aleck's Guide to American History, this tour is a hilarious, irreverant ride through Chicago past and present, combining elements of all of Adam's speciality tours (below). Length and stops can be customized to your schedule and curriculum (2.5-3 hours standard).

THE CHICAGO GHOST TOUR
Adam got his start in the tour business as a ghost tour guide - his experiences as a professional ghost buster are detailed in Your Neighborhood Gives Me the Creeps: True Tales of an Accidental Ghost Hunter and The Weird Chicago Blog (which he still maintains, though he left the company to focus on historical/ghost tours and avoid having to run pub crawls). The 2.5-3 hour tour is among the most authentic, enjoyable ghost tours available anywhere - students LOVE it, and even science teachers don't think Adam is nuts at the end of it!

THE CHICAGO POLITICAL TOUR
Vote early, vote often! Politics in Chicago have always been entertaining! After all, it's a city that elects mayors with names like "Long John" and "Big Bill." The 2-3 hour tour features fascinating scenes from political history in Chicago, including sites associated with Teddy Roosevelta and Abraham Lincoln, riotous conventions, and more! Fair and Balanced (though Adam unabashedly loves The Bull Moose Party - which was born right here in Chicago)! Adam received no kick-backs from tour stops.

RAT-A-TAT-A-TAT! The Chicago Crime Tour
Chicago crime tours can last all day! From famous stories like The St. Valentine's Day Massacre to unbelievable stories so obscure they were never retold until Adam discovered them during his extensive research, the crime tour will keep you on the edge of your seat (length can be customized -1.5-5 hours).

Everything about the tour - from length to content - can be customized for your group.  If your bus has a DVD player, he can even bring along illustrations to help the students understand what the city was like in days gone by - and to show off the strange pictures that have been taken on his ghost tours (including explanations to help students learn to approach such things skeptically - some of the best pictures turn out to be of someone's ear)!

E-MAIL ADAM for availability and prices today!