United States - State & Local - Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO,ND,NE,OH,SD,WI
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Settling Ohio: First Peoples and Beyond
$28.95 Read moreScholars working in archaeology, education, history, geography, and politics tell a nuanced story about the people and dynamics that reshaped this region and determined who would control it. The Ohio… [more below]
- Series: New Approaches to Midwestern History
- Author: Anderson, Timothy G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0821425277
- Language: English
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Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit
$17.95 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
Now in paperback, the critically acclaimed New York Times Bestseller about a championship city haunted by a
Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Winner in True Crime- Author: Stanton, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1493030582
- Language: English
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Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story
$21.00 Add to cart“A fascinating political, racial, economic, and cultural tapestry” (Detroit Free Press), Once in a Great City is a tour de force from David Maraniss about the quintessential American city at the top o… [more below]
- Author: Maraniss, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 20 2016
- ISBN10: 147674839X
- Language: English
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Every Goddamn Day: A Highly Selective, Definitely Opinionated, and Alternatingly Humorous and Heartbreaking Historical Tour of Chicago
$25.00 Read moreA daily celebration of Chicago’s history, both known and obscure, and always entertaining.
Every day in Chicago is a day to remember. In a city so rich with history, every day is the anniversary of s- Author: Steinberg, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: October 12, 2022
- ISBN10: 022677984X
- Language: English
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The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
$18.99 Add to cartPrizewinning Book: The Dawn of Detroit won both the Merle Curti Prize and the James Rawley Prize, two of the top distinctions in American History Media track record: Hardcover edition attracted major … [more below]
- Author: Miles, Tiya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1620974819
- Language: English
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Who Is the City For?: Architecture, Equity, and the Public Realm in Chicago
$29.00 Read moreA vividly illustrated collaboration between two of Chicago’s most celebrated architecture critics casts a wise and unsparing eye on inequities in the built environment and attempts to rectify them.
- Author: Kamin, Blair
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 21, 2022
- ISBN10: 0226822737
- Language: English
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Haunted Lansing
$21.99 Add to cartHastily dubbed the new capital in 1847, Lansing overcame derision and setbacks to become a booming metropolis. Yet its rich history hides chilling legends.
Bertie Clippinger plays tricks on the unwary
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Carpenter, Jenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1467140473
- Language: English
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Thank You for Shopping: The Golden Age of Minnesota Department Stores
$36.95 Add to cartThroughout the twentieth century, department stores ruled the retail landscapes of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. More than just shopping centers, stores like Dayton’s, Powers, Donaldson’s, Young-… [more below]
- Author: Leebrick, Kristal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1681340976
- Language: English
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Lost Evansville
$24.99 Read moreFrom the Wabash and Erie Canal to the Faultless Caster Factory, Evansville has seen much of its history disappear.
In the early twentieth century, vestiges of old Evansville like the B’nai Israel te
- Series: Lost
- Author: MacLeod, James Lachlan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 09 2023
- ISBN10: 146715332X
- Language: English
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Lost in Michigan: History and Travel Stories from an Endless Road Trip
$14.95 Add to cartBased on the popular Lost In Michigan website that was featured in the Detroit Free Press, It contains locations throughout Michigan, and tells their interesting story. Whether you’re a long time Mich
- Author: Sonenberg, Mike D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 15 2017
- ISBN10: 0999433202
- Language: English
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Amazing Chicago
$22.50 Read moreThe city’s blend of cultures created uniquely Chicago culinary delights like deep dish pizza and the Chicago tamale. Dive into music history, outlined by blues, jazz, and even country music, exemplifi
- Series: Amazing
- Author: Witter, David Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 15, 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064758
- Language: English
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Wisconsin and the Civil War
$32.99 Add to cartWisconsin troops fought and died for the Union on Civil War battlefields across the continent, from Shiloh to Gettysburg. Wisconsin lumberjacks built a dam that saved a stranded Union fleet. The Secon… [more below]
- Series: Civil War
- Author: Larson, Ronald Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: November 27 2017
- ISBN10: 1540227596
- Language: English
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Ohio’s Historic Haunts: Investigating the Paranormal in the Buckeye State
$24.95 Add to cartOhio’s premier paranormal researcher looks for the spirits behind the stories
Many of Ohio’s historically significant locations have developed a reputation for being haunted. While it might be almost
- Author: Willis, James A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: September 30, 2015
- ISBN10: 1606352601
- Language: English
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Oklahoma: A History
$21.95 Add to cartThe product of two of Oklahoma’s foremost authorities on the history of the 46th state, Oklahoma: A History is the first comprehensive narrative to bring the story of the Sooner State to the threshold
- Author: Baird, W. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: March 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0806141972
- Language: English
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Chicago: City on the Make: Sixtieth Anniversary Edition
$21.00 Add to cart“Once you’ve become a part of this particular patch, you’ll never love another. Like loving a woman with a broken nose, you may well find lovelier lovelies. But never a lovely so real.”
Ernest Hemingw- Author: Algren, Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0226013863
- Language: English
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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
$30.00 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that’s “as resonant today as ever” (The Wall Street Journal… [more below]
- Author: McCullough, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1501168681
- Language: English
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Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
$19.95 Add to cartIn this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ecological and economic changes that made Chicago Ameri
- Author: Cronon, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: May 17 1992
- ISBN10: 0393308731
- Language: English
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What’s with Cincinnati
$22.50 Read more- Series: What’s with
- Author: O’Connor, Micha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064979
- Language: English
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Secret Iowa: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$27.00 Read more- Series: Secret
- Author: Bannister, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064898
- Language: English
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Walking South City, St. Louis
$21.00 Read moreHidden among the streets of St. Louis’s south side are stories that span centuries. In the wake of COVID-19, author and journalist Jim Merkel set out on a walk that would take him block-by-block throu… [more below]
- Author: Merkel, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064391
- Language: English
