Cultural Region/Midwest
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Still Burning: Half a Century of Chicago, from the Streets to the Corridors of Power: A Memoir
$22.95 Add to cartIn this lively and insightful memoir, Jeremiah Joyce recounts a wide-ranging career that in many way tracks the history of Chicago over the last half century. During the late sixties and early seventi
- Author: Joyce, Jeremiah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1955656061
- Language: English
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Wisconsin Legends & Lore
$21.99 Add to cartWisconsin is a land rich with stories. It was the mother of all circuses, a place of buried treasure and home to eerie ghosts and monsters. Native American legends, tall tales told at lumberjack camps… [more below]
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Krulos, Tea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 31 2020
- ISBN10: 1467143448
- Language: English
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The Loop: The “L” Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago
$26.95 Read moreThe structure that anchors Chicago
Every day Chicagoans rely on the loop of elevated train tracks to get to their jobs, classrooms, or homes in the city’s downtown. But how much do they know about th- Author: Reardon, Patrick T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 26 2020
- ISBN10: 0809338106
- Language: English
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Best Tent Camping: Michigan: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization
$16.95 Add to cartOffering essential details and easy-to-read maps, Best Tent Camping: Michigan presents 50 of the state’s best campgrounds for car campers.
- Series: Best Tent Camping
- Author: Forster, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 1634042964
- Language: English
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If These Walls Could Talk: Nebraska Cornhuskers: Stories from the Nebraska Cornhuskers Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box
$18.95 Read moreFirsthand tales of the most memorable moments in Cornhusker football history
A traditional powerhouse, the Nebraska Cornhuskers are one of the most successful NCAA football teams, with five national- Series: If These Walls Could Talk
- Author: Murtaugh, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 01, 2015
- ISBN10: 162937153X
- Language: English
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The Ku Klux Klan in Minnesota
$21.99 Add to cartMinnesota might not seem like an obvious place to look for traces of Ku Klux Klan parade grounds, but this northern state was once home to fifty-one chapters of the KKK. Elizabeth Hatle tracks down th… [more below]
- Author: Hatle, Elizabeth Dorsey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 17 2013
- ISBN10: 1626191891
- Language: English
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The Boys in Chicago Heights: The Forgotten Crew of the Chicago Outfit
$21.99 Add to cartChicago Heights was long the seat of one of the major street crews of the Chicago Outfit, but its importance has often been overlooked and misunderstood.
The crew’s origins predate Prohibition, when Ch
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Luzi, Matthew J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 16 2012
- ISBN10: 1609497333
- Language: English
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100 Things Packers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
$18.95 Read morePulling from Packers history since the team’s inception in 1919, this guide to all things gold and green offers dedicated fans all of the stats, trivia, and miscellaneous, fun-filled information crave… [more below]
- Series: 100 Things… Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
- Author: Reischel, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 2013
- ISBN10: 160078870X
- Language: English
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Wisconsin Underground: A Guide to Caves, Mines, and Tunnels In and Around the Badger State
$19.95 Add to cartWith the first edition out of print, readers–and libraries–have had to resort to searching for copies online to replace their old, much-used, dog-eared copies. No more. This second edition of Wiscon
- Author: Green, Doris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1595986456
- Language: English
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Buckeye Madness: Great Eras in Ohio State Football
$15.99 Add to cartColumbus, Ohio, may be the closest thing to college football’s epicenter, situated as it is in the sport’s “cradle.” And Ohio State football fans have been rocking that cradle for 114 years, exhorting
- Author: Sharpe, Wilton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 15 2005
- ISBN10: 1581824521
- Language: English
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To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire
$23.93 Add to cartThe story of one of the deadliest fires in American history that took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago. “An absorbing account…a tale of terr… [more below]
- Series: Illinois
- Author: Cowan, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 01 1998
- ISBN10: 156663217X
- Language: English
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Diana of the Dunes: The True Story of Alice Gray
$31.99 Add to cartIn the fall of 1915, Alice Gray traded her life in Chicago for a solitary journey in the remote sand hills of northwest Indiana along Lake Michigan. Living in a fisherman’s shack, she measured herself… [more below]
- Author: Edwards, Janet Zenke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: July 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1540224376
- Language: English
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Alexandria
$31.99 Add to cartAlexandria is situated near the center of Douglas County, surrounded by a chain of beautiful lakes. These lakes brought pioneer settlers to the area as early as 1858, when Minnesota achieved statehood… [more below]
- Author: Grover, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: March 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1531666531
- Language: English
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St. Louis: The 1904 World’s Fair
$40.99 Add to cartFor seven months in 1904, St. Louis was the greatest city on earth. Millions flocked to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to behold the inventions of the early 20th century. Many saw electric lights, … [more below]
- Author: Sonderman, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 26 2008
- ISBN10: 153163981X
- Language: English
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Eloise: Poorhouse, Farm, Asylum and Hospital 1839-1984
$31.99 Add to cartEloise, which started out as a poorhouse, later became known as Wayne County General Hospital. From only 35 residents on 280 acres in 1839, the complex grew dramatically after the Civil War until the … [more below]
- Author: Ibbotson, P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: May 28 2002
- ISBN10: 153161325X
- Language: English
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United States Life-Saving Service in Michigan
$39.99 Add to cartMichigan, the Great Lakes State, is full of rich maritime traditions and with these traditions comes the danger and risk of shipwreck. Author William D. Peterson has compiled in this new book a photog… [more below]
- Author: Peterson, William D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 30 2000
- ISBN10: 1531604854
- Language: English
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Missouri Off the Beaten Path(R): Discover Your Fun
$17.95 Add to cartTired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you’re a visitor or a local looking for something different, Missouri Off the Beaten Path shares with you the Show Me State with new perspectives on timele… [more below]
- Series: Off the Beaten Path
- Author: Delano, Patti
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493031163
- Language: English
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Hidden Chicago Landmarks
$23.99 Add to cartTake in the sights of Chicago’s forgotten byways, including a cow trail through a downtown hotel. Pause reflectively at the cemetery in a working scrapyard and the church built without a nail. Stop by… [more below]
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Schmidt, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1467143502
- Language: English
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The Prairie Gardener’s Go-To for Fruit
$15.00 Add to cartLifelong gardeners Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau tackle the tasty topic of fruit in the seventh book in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series.
Strawberries, blueberries, saskatoons, pears, p
- Series: Guides for the Prairie Gardener #7
- Author: Melrose, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 177151390X
- Language: English
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Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency
$17.99 Add to cartLook for Dan Abrams and David Fisher’s new book, Kennedy’s Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby.
Instant New York Times bestseller
A Winner of the Barondess/Lincoln … [more below]
- Author: Fisher, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1335461604
- Language: English
