Cultural Region/Midwest
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Historic Chicago Bakeries
$21.99 Read moreAs immigrants came from outside the United States and settled in pockets around Chicago, each neighborhood had its own bakery–and sometimes several. At one time, more than seven thousand bakeries dot… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Billock, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1467150118
- Language: English
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The House That Madigan Built: The Record Run of Illinois’ Velvet Hammer
$29.95 Read moreMichael Madigan rose from the Chicago machine to hold unprecedented power as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. In his thirty-six years wielding the gavel, Madigan outlasted governors, … [more below]
- Author: Long, Ray
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0252044479
- Language: English
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Winfield’s Walnut Valley Festival
$23.99 Read moreLocal historian Seth Bate tells the story of the Walnut Valley Festival with reflections from staff, emcees, performers, campers, and characters from throughout its history.
The Festival was launched i
- Author: Bate, Seth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1467146056
- Language: English
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Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago
$18.00 Read more“Chicago is a tale of two cities,” headlines declare. This narrative has been gaining steam alongside reports of growing economic divisions and diverging outlooks on the future of the city. Yet to kee… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Kotlowitz, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 16 2019
- ISBN10: 022661901X
- Language: English
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Big Belching Bog
$9.95 Read moreCold, wet, and acidic, bogs appear to be extremely hostile to life, yet numerous plants and animals have adapted in fascinating ways in order to survive there. In Big Belching Bog, Phyllis Root lets u… [more below]
- Author: Root, Phyllis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0816666822
- Language: English
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Hegewisch
$24.99 Read moreFounded in 1884 as the company town of the United States Rolling Stock Company, Hegewisch became Chicago’s most remote and isolated neighborhood in 1889. Surrounded by waterways and railroads, the com… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Ogorek, Cynthia L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160660
- Language: English
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The King of Skid Row: John Bacich and the Twilight Years of Old Minneapolis
$16.95 Read moreThe story of a much different Minneapolis, through the words and photographs of one of its most colorful characters–now in paperback
City blue laws drove the liquor trade and its customers–hard-dr
- Author: Shiffer, James Eli
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1517916593
- Language: English
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The Cleveland Creep: A Milan Jacovich Mystery
$13.95 Read more#15 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series …
A simple missing-person case gets complicated when Milan Jacovich (pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovich) discovers that 28-year-old Earl Dacey left behind a strang
- Series: Milan Jacovich Mysteries (Paperback) #16
- Author: Roberts, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 253
- Publish Date: August 14 2012
- ISBN10: 1598510606
- Language: English
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Haunted Kenosha: Ghosts, Legends and Bizarre Tales
$21.99 Read moreWhat unknown spirits lurk among the living in the Gateway to Wisconsin?
oin Candice Shatkins, a founding member of the Paranormal Investigators of Kenosha, as she uncovers the spooky secrets and unlike
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Shatkins, Candice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 25 2009
- ISBN10: 1596297174
- Language: English
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Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win: Five Decades of Resistance in Chicago’s Uptown Community
$24.95 Read moreHelen Shiller recounts her independent path of resistance: from the student anti-war movement of the 1960s to a Black Panther Party alliance to Mayor Harold Washington’s 26th vote to lonely voice agai
- Author: Shiller, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 500
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1642598429
- Language: English
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Kodachrome Milwaukee
$23.99 Read moreExplore long-lost and never-before-seen images of downtown, Mayfair Mall’s Ice Chalet, Brady Street, the Mitchell Park Domes, Milwaukee County Stadium, and much, much more. Introduced by Kodak in 1935… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Levin, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153885
- Language: English
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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Minnesota
$24.95 Read moreMinnesota lies at the crossroads of four major landscapes–prairie grasslands, deciduous woods, coniferous forest and aspen parkland. Each area has distinct habitats for plants and animals and offers … [more below]
- Series: American Birding Association State Field
- Author: Erickson, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1935622595
- Language: English
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Cleveland Amusement Park Memories: A Nostalgic Look Back at Euclid Beach Park, Puritas Springs Park, Geauga Lake Park, and Other Classic Parks
$19.95 Read moreNortheast Ohioans who grew up visiting amusement parks in the 1940s through 1970s will cherish the memories captured in this book, which includes Euclid Beach Park, Luna Park, Geauga Lake Park, Purita
- Author: Francis, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 18 2005
- ISBN10: 1886228892
- Language: English
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Guide to Chicago’s Twenty-First-Century Architecture: Volume 1
$34.95 Read moreExploring a new century of architecture in the Windy City
Chicago’s wealth of architectural treasures makes it one of the world’s majestic cityscapes. Published in collaboration with the Chicago Arch- Author: Chicago Architecture Center
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 025208571X
- Language: English
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Taste of Home Blue Ribbon Winners: More Than 275 Savory Bites and Sweet Delights That Bring Home the Flavors of the Fair
$19.99 Read moreEveryone loves state and county fairs for the fun, festivities and, most important, the food! From corn dogs, funnel cakes and turkey legs to blue ribbon pies and cakes, and award-worthy barbecue, eve… [more below]
- Series: Taste of Home Classics
- Author: Taste of Home
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1621457796
- Language: English
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Guardians of Michigan: Architectural Sculpture of the Pleasant Peninsulas
$49.95 Read moreGuardians of Michigan profiles the extraordinary architectural sculpture found in both the pleasant peninsulas of the Great Lakes State. Author Jeff Morrison spent years exploring Michigan’s largest c… [more below]
- Author: Morrison, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0472133217
- Language: English
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The Egyptian Trail in Illinois: A History from Chicago to Cairo
$23.99 Read moreJourney down one of the most important roadways in the annals of Illinois transportation history.
Stretching from Chicago to Cairo, the Egyptian Trail was one of the earliest “improved” roadways in Ill
- Series: Transportation
- Author: Wright, James R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154806
- Language: English
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The Lake Michigan Car Ferry Badger
$24.99 Read moreThe iconic Lake Michigan car ferry Badger has been providing reliable service between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, since its maiden voyage on March 21, 1953. Originally built as an i… [more below]
- Series: Arcadia Publishing
- Author: Chavez, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1467109363
- Language: English
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Iowa State Hockey and Al Murdoch: Building a Dream
$23.99 Read moreThe Making of Iowa State Hockey During five decades, Alan Murdoch played for, coached and managed the Iowa State Cyclone hockey team, making a life’s work out of his personal resourcefulness and initi… [more below]
- Series: Sports
- Author: Murdoch, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153923
- Language: English
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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
$19.99 Add to cartFirst published in 1963, Eliot Asinof’s Eight Men Out has become a timeless classic of a scandalous world series.
The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as “th- Author: Asinof, Eliot
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0805065377
- Language: English
