Cultural Region/Midwest
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A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
$8.99 Read moreA Newbery Honor Book
A summer they’ll never forget. Each summer Joey and his sister, Mary Alice–two city slickers from Chicago–visit Grandma Dowdel’s seemingly sleepy Illinois town. Soon enough, th- Series: Puffin Modern Classics
- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 09 2000
- ISBN10: 0141303522
- Language: English
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Red Brick Magic: Sean McVay, John Harbaugh and Miami University’s Cradle of Coaches
$22.00 Read moreMiami University in Oxford, Ohio is recognized for its beauty, highlighted by the red brick throughout its grounds. Poet Robert Frost even called it “the prettiest campus ever there was.” It has a nat
- Author: Moore, Terence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1637274424
- Language: English
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A Flame Called Indiana: An Anthology of Contemporary Hoosier Writing
$20.00 Read moreAs Kurt Vonnegut, Indiana’s most famous writer, once remarked, “Wherever you go, there is always a Hoosier doing something important there.”
A Flame Called Indiana features 65 writers of fiction, nonfi
- Author: Case, Doug Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0253066808
- Language: English
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Great Plains
$21.00 Read moreNational Bestseller
Most travelers only fly over the Great Plains–but Ian Frazier, ever the intrepid and wide-eyed wanderer, is not your average traveler. A hilarious and fascinating look at the gre- Author: Frazier, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 04 2001
- ISBN10: 0312278500
- Language: English
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Grit, Noise, & Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock ‘n’ Roll
$18.95 Read more“. . . a great blow-by-blow account of an exciting and still-legendary scene.”
From the early days of John Lee Hooker to the heyday of Motown and beyond, Detroit has enjoyed a long
—Marshall Crenshaw- Author: Carson, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0472031902
- Language: English
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Roadside Geology of South Dakota
$20.00 Read moreSouth Dakota fills the landscape with geologic diversity, from the glaciated rolling prairies in the east, across the Missouri River, and west to the rugged Badlands Wall and granitic domes of the Bla… [more below]
- Series: Roadside Geology
- Author: Gries, John Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 357
- Publish Date: June 15 1996
- ISBN10: 0878423389
- Language: English
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Going Driftless: Life Lessons from the Heartland for Unraveling Times
$16.95 Read moreSomething truly fascinating is afoot in a region of the Upper Midwest commonly known as the Driftless that runs counter to many of the trends in the rest of the nation and just might be blueprint for … [more below]
- Author: Lyons, Stephen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0762780657
- Language: English
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Strange Tales from Ohio: True Stories of Remarkable People, Places, and Events in Ohio History
$17.95 Add to cart“A delightful read … Zurcher chooses his anecdotes well, balancing scandalous murder mysteries and the truly odd with lighter fare about Ohio’s famous inventors and funniest first achievements.” —
- Author: Zurcher, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 241
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1598510487
- Language: English
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A History in Indigenous Voices: Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Oneida, Stockbridge, and Brothertown Interactions in the Removal Era
$49.95 Add to cart- Author: Cornelius, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 197660009X
- Language: English
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Cincinnati Curiosities: Healing Powers of the Wamsley Madstone, Nocturnal Exploits of Old Man Dead, Mazeppa’s Naked Ride & More
$23.99 Read moreExplore the eccentric side of yesterday’s Queen City
Cincinnatians today wrap themselves in a comforting blanket of serene conformity, soothed by the myth that the Queen City has always been a bland, s
- Author: Hand, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 14 2022
- ISBN10: 146715282X
- Language: English
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Rural Iowa Sausage: History & Tradition of Brats on the Back Roads
$24.99 Add to cartAn Iowa Tradition Like No Other
In the 1970s, there were around 450 local meat lockers throughout the state of Iowa. Today, there are little more than 100 left. History is finally back on their sid
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Goodvin, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1467148547
- Language: English
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The Wisconsin Farm They Built: Tales of Family & Fortitude
$23.99 Read moreCorey Geiger, international agricultural journalist and author of On a Wisconsin Family Farm, pairs his rural roots and lively storytelling talents to capture six generations of life in America’s Dair… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Geiger, Corey A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152749
- Language: English
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Unnatural Ohio: A History of Buckeye Cryptids, Legends & Other Mysteries
$24.99 Add to cartStrange things are afoot in the Buckeye State
Across city and country, Ohio echoes with tales of creatures, ghosts, and other unexplained phenomena. A monster that appeared to be half man and half d
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Smith, M. Kristina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151440
- Language: English
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Secret Witness: The Untold Story of the 1967 Bombing in Marshall, Michigan
$22.95 Read moreEvery small town has a moment when the real world abruptly intrudes, shattering the town’s notions of itself and its people. For citizens of Marshall, Michigan, that moment came August 18, 1967. Nola
- Author: Pardoe, Blaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 18 2012
- ISBN10: 0472035029
- Language: English
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The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald: Eyewitness Accounts from the U.S. Coast Guard Hearings
$19.95 Add to cartA documentary drawn from testimony at the Coast Guard’s official inquiry looks anew at one of the most storied, and mysterious, shipwrecks in American history
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is … [more below]
- Author: Schumacher, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 151790644X
- Language: English
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A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe
$16.95 Read more- Author: Nichols, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 06 1994
- ISBN10: 0816624283
- Language: English
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Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues
$9.99 Read moreMamie “Peanut” Johnson had one dream: to play professional baseball. She was a talented player, but she wasn’t welcome in the segregated All-American Girls Pro Baseball League due to the color of her … [more below]
- Author: Henderson, Leah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1684467993
- Language: English
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Bring Warm Clothes: Letters and Photos from Minnesota’s Past
$29.95 Add to cartA classic book of photos, memories, and writings from centuries of Minnesota life–updated and in a new format.
The earliest European visitors to Minnesota marvel at the area’s flora and fauna. A so- Author: Meier, Peg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 168134274X
- Language: English
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Laura & Nellie
$6.99 Add to cartLaura Ingalls and Nellie Oleson are classmates, but they don’t get along. Join the original pioneer girl in this Little House chapter book, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved classics. Illust
- Series: Little House Chapter Book #4
- Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 08 2017
- ISBN10: 0062377132
- Language: English
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Lentil
$9.99 Add to cartYoung Lentil wants to learn to sing, but no matter how hard he tries he can’t sing on key. He can’t even pucker his lips to whistle So Lentil learns to play the harmonica instead and beautifully carr… [more below]
- Series: Picture Puffin Books
- Author: McCloskey, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 27 1978
- ISBN10: 0140502874
- Language: English
