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The Montana Stranglers in Dakota Territory
$23.99 Read moreThe saga of The Montana Stranglers in Dakota Territory embodies the violence and vigilantism of the Old West
In the early 1880s, desperate characters left over from the fur trade began robbing arrivin
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Berget, Ron N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 03, 2022
- ISBN10: 1467149713
- Language: English
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Portrait of a City: Lincoln, Nebraska, at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
$29.95 Add to cartOnce just a scattering of houses on the open prairie, by the late nineteenth century the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, had evolved into a modern metropolis. The changes ushered in by the Industrial Revol… [more below]
- Author: Pauley, Bruce F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 149623412X
- Language: English
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The St. Elizabeth Hospital Fire in Iowa
$24.99 Read moreOne of the Largest Tragedies in Iowa History. On January 7, 1950, a fire erupted at St. Elizabeth’s Mental Health Facility for women. The disaster garnered state-wide and national attention as the sec… [more below]
- Series: Disaster
- Author: Grimes, Bret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1467155578
- Language: English
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Detroit Style Pizza: A Doughtown History
$35.99 Add to cartI love Detroit Style Pizza, especially when you see the look on somebody’s face the first time that they try it. As soon as they taste it, they’re ‘Oh, my God. Where has this been all my life?’ Mike S… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Dybis, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: May 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1540257029
- Language: English
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Kodachrome Milwaukee
$39.99 Add to cartExplore long-lost and never-before-seen images of downtown, Mayfair Mall’s Ice Chalet, Brady Street, the Mitchell Park Domes, Milwaukee County Stadium, and much, much more. Introduced by Kodak in 1935… [more below]
- Author: Levin, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: July 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1540257479
- Language: English
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The Big Water: A History of Michigan’s Lower Au Sable River
$16.95 Add to cartAs one of the country’s most popular recreational streams – with an international reputation for fly fishing – the Au Sable River is a crown jewel of Michigan waterways. However, underneath its surfac
- Author: Buhr, Thomas A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1961302314
- Language: English
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It Happened in Indiana: Remarkable Events That Shaped History
$14.95 Add to cartThis book offers an inside look at over 25 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Hoosier State.
- Series: It Happened in
- Author: Finch, Jackie Sheckler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0762760230
- Language: English
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The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City
$15.00 Add to cartArguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of C
- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Smith, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: August 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0226764729
- Language: English
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Wisconsin Myths & Legends: The True Stories Behind History’s Mysteries
$19.95 Add to cartUnearth the mysteries, myths, strange happenings, and haunted places in Wisconsin’s history. This intriguing, lively, and easy-to-read collection of eerie stories will leave readers astonished at the … [more below]
- Series: Myths and Mysteries
- Author: Bie, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493067478
- Language: English
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Swedes in Minnesota
$17.95 Add to cartA concise history of Swedes in Minnesota and the enormous influence that they have had on our state’s politics, history, and culture.
No ethnic group is so identified with a single state as the Swedes- Series: People of Minnesota
- Author: Gillespie Lewis, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: June 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0873514785
- Language: English
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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin: Nature’s Army at Work
$22.95 Read moreBetween 1933 and 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps, a popular New Deal relief program, was at work across America. During the Great Depression, young men lived in rustic CCC camps planting trees,
- Author: Apps, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 19, 2019
- ISBN10: 0870209043
- Language: English
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Fading Ads of the Twin Cities
$45.99 Add to cartOn brick buildings throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul, overlooked, fleeting symbols chronicle the cities’ past.
Champion, John Deere, and International Harvester still tout their agricultural equipmen
- Series: Fading Ads
- Author: Grammond, Jay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: January 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1540250792
- Language: English
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Columbus Pizza: A Slice of History
$40.99 Add to cartFor nearly a century Columbus, Ohio pizza parlors have served up delicious meals by the tray and by the slice. This history goes back to the 1930s, when TAT Ristorante began serving pizza. Today, it i… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Ellison, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: November 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1540245411
- Language: English
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Mississippi River Mayhem: Disasters, Tragedy, and Murder on Ol’ Man River
$19.95 Add to cartIn this book, author and Mississippi River historian Dean Klinkenberg explores the many disastrous events to have occurred on and along the river in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries–from steamb
- Author: Klinkenberg, Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1493060724
- Language: English
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Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities
$27.95 Add to cartAn entertaining journey into the highs, lows, bright spots, and dark corners of the Twin Cities’ most famous and infamous drinking establishments–history viewed from the barstool.
In 1838, a rum tra- Author: Lindeke, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1681341379
- Language: English
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On This Day in Chicago History
$14.99 Read moreJoin John R. Schmidt on a day-by-day look at some of Chicago’s most fascinating lesser-known events.
Think you know Chicago? If you are thinking of Al Capone, the L, the Cubs, Barack Obama or the Great
- Series: On This Day in
- Author: Schmidt, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1626192537
- Language: English
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Kansas City 1940: A Watershed Year
$21.99 Add to cart1940: It’s the year Nazis rain bombs on London and goose-step into Paris, when President Roosevelt wins an unprecedented third term and Kansas Citians finally run the corrupt Pendergast political mach… [more below]
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Simonson, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 19 2013
- ISBN10: 1626193231
- Language: English
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A History Lover’s Guide to Detroit
$31.99 Add to cartDetroit’s auto heritage is known worldwide, but this fascinating city’s history runs much deeper. Step inside the tiny recording studio where Berry Gordy, a young entrepreneur who faced tremendous pre… [more below]
- Author: Risko, Karin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: November 12 2018
- ISBN10: 1540236870
- Language: English
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Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit
$31.99 Add to cartMotor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit chronicles the storied and hallowed gangland history of the notorious Detroit underworld. Scott M. Burnstein takes the reader inside the belly… [more below]
- Author: Burnstein, Scott M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 11 2006
- ISBN10: 1531624545
- Language: English
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Sinister Chicago: Windy City Secrets, Urban Legends, and Sordid Characters
$19.95 Add to cartAuthor Kali Joy Cramer uncovers the sinister foundations of Chicago’s urban legends and unravels the facts around its most notorious murder cases. She looks below the superficial stories of Chicago’s … [more below]
- Author: Cramer, Kali Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1493045164
- Language: English
