Cultural Region/Midwest
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The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Blackhawks: A Decade-By-Decade History
$40.00 Read moreThe Chicago Blackhawks, one of the NHL’s “Original Six,” have been building their storied legacy for decades. Since their founding in 1926, the Hawks have won six Stanley Cup championships and produce… [more below]
- Author: Chicago Tribune
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1572842318
- Language: English
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Nordeast Minneapolis: A History
$31.99 Add to cartWhat began as the boom site for the mid-nineteenth-century Upper Midwest lumber industry quickly grew into the town of St. Anthony. In 1872, St. Anthony was annexed by its neighbor, Minneapolis, but t… [more below]
- Author: Day, Holly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: February 23 2015
- ISBN10: 154021236X
- Language: English
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Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair
$31.99 Add to cartWhat came to be known as the World’s Columbian Exposition was planned to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s 1492 landfall in the New World. Chicago beat out New York City, St…. [more below]
- Author: Di Cola, Joseph M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 08 2012
- ISBN10: 1531664059
- Language: English
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Chicago’s WLS Radio
$31.99 Add to cartFrom its early days as the farmer’s companion to over a quarter century as the nation’s premier rock-and-roll station, WLS has touched the lives of millions of listeners. Many well-known celebrities, … [more below]
- Author: Childers, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1531640249
- Language: English
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Cruisin’ the Original Woodward Avenue
$31.99 Add to cartIn the 1950s, cruising swept the nation. American street became impromptu racetracks as soon as the police turned their backs. Young people piled into friends’ cars and cruised their main streets with… [more below]
- Author: Ambrogio, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: July 12 2006
- ISBN10: 153162426X
- Language: English
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Wild Women of Michigan: A History of Spunk and Tenacity
$23.99 Add to cartWild Women of Michigan commemorates the women of this state who boldly left their marks.
Countless Michiganian women performed extraordinary acts that challenged and improved the world. Madame Marie-Th
- Author: Lewis, Norma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137693
- Language: English
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Lost Car Companies of Detroit
$23.99 Add to cartAmong more than two hundred auto companies that tried their luck in the Motor City, just three remain: Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. But many of those lost to history have colorful stories worth
- Series: Lost
- Author: Naldrett, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 25 2016
- ISBN10: 1467118737
- Language: English
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Hiking Ohio
$22.95 Add to cartHiking Ohio is your complete guide to 83 of the most scenic day hikes in the Buckeye State. From the shores of Lake Erie to the Ohio River, this handy guide will lead you to the best trails. In this o
- Series: America’s Best Day Hiking
- Author: Williams, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 18 2014
- ISBN10: 145041253X
- Language: English
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Akron Family Recipes: History and Traditions from Sauerkraut Balls to Sweet Potato Pie
$36.99 Add to cartCompiling more than 100 family recipes, founder of the Akron Recipe Project Judy Orr James serves up a history of home cooking in the Rubber City.
From the city’s founding in 1825 through the years fo
- Series: American Palate
- Author: James, Judy Orr
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: July 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1540252809
- Language: English
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Grow Great Vegetables Indiana
$19.99 Read moreGet the inside dirt, Indiana!
The ultimate guide to growing food in the Hoosier State! This must-have guide to growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs provides you with insider advice on climate zones,- Series: Grow Great Vegetables State-By-State
- Author: Cohen, Bevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 1643261576
- Language: English
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Ripple Effects: How We’re Loving Our Lakes to Death
$26.95 Add to cartLakes are among the Upper Midwest’s greatest treasures and most valuable natural resources. The Great Lakes define the region, and thousands of smaller lakes offer peace, joy, and recreation to millio… [more below]
- Author: Rulseh, Ted J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0299339602
- Language: English
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Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football
$20.00 Add to cartMonsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football is the New York Times bestselling gripping account of a once-in-a-lifetime team and their lone Super Bowl season.
For Rich Cohen and mi- Author: Cohen, Rich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 14 2014
- ISBN10: 1250056047
- Language: English
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Making a New Deal
$29.99 Add to cartThis book examines how it was possible and what it meant for ordinary factory workers to become effective unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s. We follow Chicago workers as t… [more below]
- Series: Canto Classics
- Author: Cohen, Lizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 566
- Publish Date: November 06 2014
- ISBN10: 1107431794
- Language: English
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First Telegraph Line Across the Continent: Charles Brown’s 1861 Diary
$14.95 Add to cart2012 Nebraska Book Award: Cover/Design/Illustration
The transcontinental telegraph was a remarkable technological feat that had major consequences for the West and the nation as a whole. Yet relatively
- Author: Mihelich, Dennis N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 133
- Publish Date: August 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0933307322
- Language: English
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The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers
$24.95 Add to cartThe definitive history of the First Minnesota Volunteers in the Civil War.
- Series: Minnesota
- Author: Moe, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 367
- Publish Date: April 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0873514068
- Language: English
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A Steady Rain
$15.00 Add to cartJoey and Denny have been best friends since kindergarten, and after working together for several years as policemen in Chicago, they are practically family: Joey helps out with Denny’s wife and kids;
- Author: Huff, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: February 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0865479364
- Language: English
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Fishing Ohio: An Angler’s Guide To Over 200 Fishing Spots In The Buckeye State
$18.95 Add to cartThe only guide with fishing information for every public lake and stream in the state, home to more than 800,000 anglers. Brand-new, this book covers the state-region by region-from the steelhead spri
- Author: Cross, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0762743263
- Language: English
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Forgotten Chicago
$24.99 Add to cartChicago has long been regarded as home to some of the world’s most impressive architecture.
Responding to the Great Fire of 1871, Chicagoans rebuilt the city, creating a radically new architectural sty
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Paulett, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 26 2004
- ISBN10: 0738532797
- Language: English
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Last Wild Places of Kansas: Journeys Into Hidden Landscapes
$24.99 Add to cartSince the last wild bison found refuge on the back of a nickel, the public image of natural Kansas has progressed from Great American Desert to dust bowl to flyover country that has been landscaped, f
- Author: Frazier, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: February 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0700624821
- Language: English
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A Lakeside Companion
$22.95 Add to cartWhy do fish jump? Why don’t lakes freeze all the way down to the bottom? Which lake plants are invasive? What are those water bugs? Is that lake healthy? Whether you fish, paddle, swim, snowshoe, ski,… [more below]
- Author: Rulseh, Ted J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 0299320006
- Language: English
