Cultural Region/Midwest
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Lewis and Clark Trail Maps: A Cartographic Reconstruction, Volume I: Missouri River Between Camp River DuBois (Illinois) and Fort Mandan (North Da
$30.00 Read moreThe Lewis and Clark Expedition bicentennial is producing an unprecedented flurry of interest in the United States, and an array of commemorative activities are being planned in the regions visited by
- Series: Cartographic Reconstruction #1
- Author: Plamondon II, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: September 13 2000
- ISBN10: 087422232X
- Language: English
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Secret Wichita: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$27.00 Read more- Series: Secret
- Author: Whiteside, Vanessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064936
- Language: English
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Northbound Lights: Tracks Across Michigan and Wisconsin
$24.99 Add to cartWith 145 color photographs and maps, Northbound Lights: Tracks Across Michigan and Wisconsin presents a visual history of contemporary changes to the railroad networks across these two states in the G
- Series: America Through Time
- Author: Burkhardt, D. C. Jesse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1634994612
- Language: English
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Queer Legacies: Stories from Chicago’s LGBTQ Archives
$22.00 Read moreThe variety of LGBTQ life in Chicago is too abundant and too diverse to be contained in a single place. But since 1981, the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives has striven to do just that, amassing a wea… [more below]
- Author: D’Emilio, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 28 2020
- ISBN10: 022672753X
- Language: English
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Historic Illinois: A Tour of the State’s Top National Landmarks
$21.95 Add to cartHistoric Illinois: A Tour of the State’s Top National Landmarks is a carefully curated travel guide, written by a local historian, featuring the most intriguing and significant of the state’s national… [more below]
- Author: O’Connor Davis, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: December 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493055399
- Language: English
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The Cereal Killer Chronicles of Battle Creek
$21.99 Add to cartAt the convergence of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Rivers lies Cereal City, USA. Named after a bloody battle between Native Americans and land surveyors, Battle Creek is most famously the home of th… [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Carpenter, Jenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1467149497
- Language: English
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Color Capital of the World: Growing Up with the Legacy of a Crayon Company
$25.00 Read moreThis is the story of the crayon. Following the Civil War, three entrepreneurial families took their innovative ideas for school chalk from the kitchen stove and transformed them into the American Cray… [more below]
- Series: Ohio History and Culture
- Author: Kropf, John Whitworth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: November 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1629222275
- Language: English
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The Witch of Mansfield: The Tetched Life of Phebe Wise
$24.99 Read moreMeet one of Richland County’s most colorful citizens.
There are those who thought Phebe Wise was a witch. More thought that the cranky old lady was “tetched,” meaning crazy. And she was crazy–like
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Jordan, Mark S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1467155217
- Language: English
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Son of Southern Illinois: Glenn Poshard’s Life in Politics and Education
$28.95 Read moreA life of principles, service, and faith
This first biography of Glenn Poshard traces the life of a young man who rose from rural poverty in Southern Illinois to become a United States congressman a- Author: Walworth, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0809339188
- Language: English
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The Windward Shore: A Winter on the Great Lakes
$16.95 Read more“Our country is lucky to have Jerry Dennis. A conservationist with the soul of a poet whose beat is Wild Michigan, Dennis is a kindred spirit of Aldo Leopold and Sigurd Olson. The Windward Shore—his
- Author: Dennis, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 14 2012
- ISBN10: 0472035258
- Language: English
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Chicago Like a Local: By the People Who Call It Home
$16.99 Read moreKeen to explore a different side of Chicago? Like a Local is the book for you.
This isn’t your ordinary travel guide. Beyond the sporting stadiums and skyscrapers, you’ll find vegan diners, late-night- Series: Local Travel Guide
- Author: Dk Eyewitness
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0241568498
- Language: English
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Every Farm Tells a Story: A Tale of Family Values
$15.95 Add to cartJerry Apps details the virtues and hardships of rural living.
“Do your chores without complaining. Show up on time. Do every job well. Always try to do better. Never stop learning. Next year will be- Author: Apps, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0870208632
- Language: English
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Deadly Aim: The Civil War Story of Michigan’s Anishinaabe Sharpshooters
$16.99 Read more“Hits the mark.”–Kirkus
An engaging middle-grade nonfiction narrative of the American Indian soldiers who bravely fought in the Civil War from Sibert Award-winning author Sally M. Walker. More than 2- Author: Walker, Sally M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1250833221
- Language: English
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Brainerd Shop Dogs: A History of Northern Pacific Railroad Workers
$23.99 Read moreAn amazing piece of Brainerd’s proud past For over eighty years, the Northern Pacific Railroad Shops was the largest employer in the Brainerd area. After the Depression, the NP provided steady jobs fo… [more below]
- Series: Transportation
- Author: Roscoe, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1467150592
- Language: English
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Kewpee Hamburgers: A Mity Nice History
$23.99 Read moreCatering to all the folks In business for more than a century, Kewpee is the second oldest hamburger chain in the United States. Beginning with the Kewpee Hotel in Flint, Michigan, founder Samuel “Old… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Flinn, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153192
- Language: English
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The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father
$18.99 Read moreWinner of the 2017 Minnesota Book Award in Creative Nonfiction
Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN USA Literary Center Award, and the Dayton Literary Pea- Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 125013188X
- Language: English
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We Are Aztlán!: Chicanx Histories in the Northern Borderlands
$29.95 Read moreMexican Americans/Chicana/os/Chicanx form a majority of the overall Latino population in the United States. In this collection, established and emerging Chicanx researchers diverge from the discipline
- Author: García, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: March 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0874223474
- Language: English
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Ghosts & Legends of Crawfordsville, Indiana
$21.99 Read moreCrawfordsville, Indiana, has a rich history of spiritualism and paranormal lore.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s mediums were trained in the city, and spiritualism was preached from the street cor
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Hunt, Christopher M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154687
- Language: English
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Crazy Horse – Paperback: The Lakota Warrior’s Life & Legacy
$18.99 Read moreThis book, written by descendants of Crazy Horse, presents an in-depth recounting of the life of the Lakota warrior and the legacy he left behind from a Native perspective.
Now in paperback, the Edward
- Author: The Edward Clown Family
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1423657977
- Language: English
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Chicago: An Illustrated Timeline
$39.95 Read more- Series: Illustrated Timeline
- Author: Shubart, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1681063018
- Language: English
