Cultural Region/Midwest
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Explorer’s Guide 50 Hikes in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: Walks, Hikes & Backpacks from Ironwood to St. Ignace
$21.99 Add to cartAs in all Explorer’s 50 Hikes guides, each hike features a detailed topographic map, directions to the trailhead, hike difficulty and elevation, and fascinating commentary about the natural and human
- Series: 50 Hikes in Michigan: The Best Walks, Hikes, & Backpacks in the Lowe #0
- Author: Funke, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0881508071
- Language: English
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Osage Life and Legends
$12.95 Add to cartThe Osage who were the principal native inhabitants of the Ozarks were often described as the most handsome of the Native Amerians, tall, proud and humble.They were once one of the most powerful and w… [more below]
- Author: Liebert, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: January 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0879611693
- Language: English
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Swedes in Minnesota
$17.95 Add to cartA concise history of Swedes in Minnesota and the enormous influence that they have had on our state’s politics, history, and culture.
No ethnic group is so identified with a single state as the Swedes- Series: People of Minnesota
- Author: Gillespie Lewis, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: June 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0873514785
- Language: English
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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin: Nature’s Army at Work
$22.95 Read moreBetween 1933 and 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps, a popular New Deal relief program, was at work across America. During the Great Depression, young men lived in rustic CCC camps planting trees,
- Author: Apps, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 19, 2019
- ISBN10: 0870209043
- Language: English
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River City Empire: Tom Dennison’s Omaha
$24.95 Add to cartMore than any other political boss of the early twentieth century, Thomas Dennison, “the Rogue who ruled Omaha,” was a master of the devious. Unlike his contemporaries outside the Midwest, he took no
- Author: Menard, Orville D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: November 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0803248334
- Language: English
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Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation, Second Edition
$21.95 Add to cartFrom White Shield to Washington DC, new Indian wars are being fought by Ivy League-trained lawyers called “Coyote Warriors”–among them a Mandan/Hidatsa named Raymond Cross. Coyote Warrior tells the e… [more below]
- Author: Vandevelder, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0803225466
- Language: English
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Michigan Gardener’s Companion: An Insider’s Guide To Gardening In The Great Lakes State
$14.95 Add to cartThe glaciers that advanced and then receded through the Great Lakes region shaped Michigan’s terrain and soil in ways that challenge and sometimes confound modern-day gardeners. Michigan today has 450… [more below]
- Series: Gardener’s Companion
- Author: Henehan, Rita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: January 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0762745096
- Language: English
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The Wolves of Isle Royale: A Broken Balance
$29.95 Add to cart“Few can rival what Rolf Peterson has accomplished on Isle Royale. His study, a true classic, offers lessons and examples to us all who hope to do the same. This book reveals some of the secrets and d
- Author: Peterson, Rolf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0472032615
- Language: English
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The Town That Started the Civil War
$19.00 Add to cartBefore the War Between the States, there was the war between the U.S. government and Oberlin, Ohio. . . .
“A fascinating, gripping narrative.”–James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom
On a- Author: Brandt, Nat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: July 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0440503965
- Language: English
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For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago
$19.99 Add to cartIt was a crime that shocked the nation: the brutal murder in Chicago in 1924 of a child by two wealthy college students who killed solely for the thrill of the experience. Nathan Leopold and Richard L
- Author: Baatz, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0060781025
- Language: English
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On the Clock: Detroit Red Wings: Behind the Scenes with the Detroit Red Wings at the NHL Draft
$19.95 Read moreA singular, transcendent talent can change the fortunes of a hockey team instantly. Each year, NHL teams approach the draft with this knowledge, hoping that luck will be on their side and that their e
- Series: On the Clock
- Author: St James, Helene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 04, 2022
- ISBN10: 1629379859
- Language: English
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Fading Ads of the Twin Cities
$45.99 Add to cartOn brick buildings throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul, overlooked, fleeting symbols chronicle the cities’ past.
Champion, John Deere, and International Harvester still tout their agricultural equipmen
- Series: Fading Ads
- Author: Grammond, Jay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: January 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1540250792
- Language: English
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Sand, Stars, Wind, & Water: Field Notes from Up North
$16.95 Add to cartIn 2011, Good Morning America viewers voted Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northwest lower Michigan the “Most Beautiful Place in America.” Long before the park was ranked as a national favo
- Author: Mulherin, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1954786174
- Language: English
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Columbus Pizza: A Slice of History
$40.99 Add to cartFor nearly a century Columbus, Ohio pizza parlors have served up delicious meals by the tray and by the slice. This history goes back to the 1930s, when TAT Ristorante began serving pizza. Today, it i… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Ellison, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: November 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1540245411
- Language: English
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At Home in Chicago: A Living History of Domestic Architecture
$65.00 Read moreImagine a book that takes you into more than fifty of Chicago’s most striking homes. No need to knock or ring. Here’s your chance to take a slow ramble through lavish dining rooms, working kitchens, p
- Author: Caulfield, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: November 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1733869034
- Language: English
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Mississippi River Mayhem: Disasters, Tragedy, and Murder on Ol’ Man River
$19.95 Add to cartIn this book, author and Mississippi River historian Dean Klinkenberg explores the many disastrous events to have occurred on and along the river in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries–from steamb
- Author: Klinkenberg, Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1493060724
- Language: English
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My Flint Hills: Observations and Reminiscences from America’s Last Tallgrass Prairie
$37.99 Add to cartBetween the Nebraska border and Osage County, Oklahoma, are the Flint Hills of Kansas, and growing on those hills the last of the tallgrass prairie that once ranged from Canada to Texas, and on those … [more below]
- Author: Hoy, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 30 2020
- ISBN10: 0700629939
- Language: English
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Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities
$27.95 Add to cartAn entertaining journey into the highs, lows, bright spots, and dark corners of the Twin Cities’ most famous and infamous drinking establishments–history viewed from the barstool.
In 1838, a rum tra- Author: Lindeke, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1681341379
- Language: English
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On This Day in Chicago History
$14.99 Read moreJoin John R. Schmidt on a day-by-day look at some of Chicago’s most fascinating lesser-known events.
Think you know Chicago? If you are thinking of Al Capone, the L, the Cubs, Barack Obama or the Great
- Series: On This Day in
- Author: Schmidt, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1626192537
- Language: English
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A Guide to Historic New Haven, Connecticut
$21.99 Read moreNew Haven was the first planned city in the United States, and thus, it has an incredible array of buildings from every point in time from American history.
Not only does New Haven have time on its sid
- Series: History & Guide (History Press)
- Author: Caplan, Colin M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1596292458
- Language: English
