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Great Lakes Shipwrecks & Survivals
$27.99 Add to cartIn this breathtaking chronicle of the most spectacular shipwrecks and survivals on the Great Lakes, William Ratigan re-creates vivid scenes of high courage and screaming panic from which no reader can… [more below]
- Author: Ratigan, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: August 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0802886086
- Language: English
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Lincoln’s Counterfeiters: The Wisconsin Gang That Funded the Union and Started the Chicago Mob
$24.99 Add to cartA captivating tale of corruption and crime
In need of cash to finance the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln turned to the nation’s leading counterfeiters, including a band of enterprising criminals based in
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Nolen, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 1467157082
- Language: English
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Wilder Weather: What Laura Ingalls Wilder Teaches Us about the Weather, Climate, and Protecting What We Cherish
$24.95 Add to cart- Author: Boustead, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1941813615
- Language: English
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A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore
$30.00 Add to cartA comprehensive narrative history of Mt. Rushmore, written in light of recent political controversies, and a timely retrospective for the monument’s 100th anniversary in 2025
“Well, most people want t- Author: Davis, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1250285100
- Language: English
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Ypsilanti in the 20th Century
$31.99 Add to cartFrom 1900 through 1975, the city of Ypsilanti underwent a multitude of changes as it developed from a small farming community into a center of education and business. The rise of the automobile and th… [more below]
- Author: Mann, James Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 05 2003
- ISBN10: 1531617794
- Language: English
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Clout City: The Rise and Fall of the Chicago Political Machine
$32.50 Add to cartUnearths the religious and cultural roots of a powerful political machine that empowered some everyday Chicagoans but ruled all of the city for decades.
In politics, clout is essential. Too often, it
- Author: Pacyga, Dominic a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 022673370X
- Language: English
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Mackinac Island
$31.99 Add to cartFrom historical richness to unparalleled natural beauty, Michigan’s Mackinac Island is the crown jewel of the Great Lakes, unique in America. Native American visitors preceded French explorers and mis… [more below]
- Author: North, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: May 16 2011
- ISBN10: 1531656315
- Language: English
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Mackinac Bridge
$31.99 Add to cartOn November 1, 1957, traffic officially opened on the Mackinac Bridge. That was the culmination of 70 years of talking and dreaming about a bridge across
the Straits of Mackinac, of discouraging attem… [more below]- Author: Fornes, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: August 29 2007
- ISBN10: 1531631649
- Language: English
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The Turtle, The Mitten, and An Epic History of Michigan
$15.99 Add to cartPart travel, part history, part adventure, and 100% Pure Michigan, The Turtle, The Mitten, and An Epic History of Michigan tells the irresistible story of the Wolverine State from the receding glacier
- Author: Helman, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9798314940532
- Language: English
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Adam Lemp and the Western Brewery
$20.00 Add to cartJohann Adam Lemp ranks among the most influential figures in St. Louis history, the founder of a brewery that left an indelible mark on the city. But the story of the German-American founder of the fa
- Author: Naffziger, Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 09 2025
- ISBN10: 9798991296700
- Language: English
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Big Safe: The Milwaukee Crew and the Reno Redfield Heist
$24.99 Read moreSome say it was the biggest theft in American history. Maybe it was.
The multimillion-dollar burglary at eccentric gambler LaVere Redfield’s Reno mansion was an endless comedy of errors. A target who h
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Schmitt, Gavin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1467156639
- Language: English
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Detroit’s Lost Stove Industry: From Open Hearth to Cast Iron
$24.99 Read moreCasting a legacy
Long before automobiles made Detroit the Motor City, the city boasted a flourishing and diverse industrial economy, albeit on a more modest scale. Among the myriad industries that defi
- Series: Lost
- Author: Van Dusen, Gerald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 146715699X
- Language: English
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This Is The Place: Glimpses of Warren County, Iowa
$14.99 Add to cartIowa’s Warren County experienced the same history as others in the Midwest, making the people in countless communities the only difference between this homeplace and another. These glimpses burrow dee
- Author: Opstad, Elodie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: October 21 2024
- ISBN10: 9798218480288
- Language: English
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Lost East Chicago and Indiana Harbor
$24.99 Read moreExplore the city of yesteryear
East Chicago, Indiana, was a melting pot. The Indiana Harbor neighborhood drew comparisons to Ellis Island as immigrants flocked from all over the world to work at its st
- Series: Lost
- Author: Pete, Joseph S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1467152927
- Language: English
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Pulling Off the Sheets: The Second Ku Klux Klan in Deep Southern Illinois
$22.95 Read moreWINNER, Certificate of Excellence in “Scholarly Publications” from the Illinois State Historical Society’s 2025 Best of Illinois History Awards!
Unmasking old-time racism in southern Illinois
Pulling o- Series: Saluki Publishing
- Author: Dexter, Darrel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: April 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0809339420
- Language: English
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Street Fight: The Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s
$29.95 Add to cartBricks and bottles of acid through the windshield. Bullets shot from the running boards of racing cabs, passengers screaming in the backseat. Bombs exploding in garages, beneath parked cars, on the fr
- Author: Morrissy, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1493068679
- Language: English
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Secret Michigan: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$27.00 Add to cartFrom the only king who ruled in the United States to the only President who was also a king, you’ll unearth the fascinating stories behind popular places. From a state with a car culture history, disc… [more below]
- Author: Piper, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1681065282
- Language: English
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Tales of Ohio’s Underground Railroad
$24.99 Read moreAuthors David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker separate fact from fiction in the story of Ohio’s Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a macabre sort of dance between good and evil in which
- Author: Meyers, David W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1467159166
- Language: English
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Poisoning the Pecks of Grand Rapids: The Scandalous 1916 Murder Plot
$31.99 Add to cartWith his boyish good looks, Arthur Warren Waite charmed into marriage the daughter of wealthy Grand Rapids business tycoon John E. Peck in 1916. He then wasted no time executing what he believed to be… [more below]
- Author: Buhk, Tobin T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1540211614
- Language: English
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Chicago’s Little Lithuania
$24.99 Read moreWhen visiting a church such as Holy Cross in Back of the Yards or Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary in Marquette Park, it is easy to stand in awe of what generations of Lithuanians in Chicago have accompli
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Riskus, Justin G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1467161977
- Language: English
