United States - State & Local - Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO,ND,NE,OH,SD,WI
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The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City
$15.00 Add to cartArguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of C
- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Smith, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: August 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0226764729
- Language: English
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Wisconsin Myths & Legends: The True Stories Behind History’s Mysteries
$19.95 Add to cartUnearth the mysteries, myths, strange happenings, and haunted places in Wisconsin’s history. This intriguing, lively, and easy-to-read collection of eerie stories will leave readers astonished at the … [more below]
- Series: Myths and Mysteries
- Author: Bie, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493067478
- 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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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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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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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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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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Kansas City 1940: A Watershed Year
$21.99 Add to cart1940: It’s the year Nazis rain bombs on London and goose-step into Paris, when President Roosevelt wins an unprecedented third term and Kansas Citians finally run the corrupt Pendergast political mach… [more below]
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Simonson, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 19 2013
- ISBN10: 1626193231
- Language: English
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A History Lover’s Guide to Detroit
$31.99 Add to cartDetroit’s auto heritage is known worldwide, but this fascinating city’s history runs much deeper. Step inside the tiny recording studio where Berry Gordy, a young entrepreneur who faced tremendous pre… [more below]
- Author: Risko, Karin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: November 12 2018
- ISBN10: 1540236870
- Language: English
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Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit
$31.99 Add to cartMotor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit chronicles the storied and hallowed gangland history of the notorious Detroit underworld. Scott M. Burnstein takes the reader inside the belly… [more below]
- Author: Burnstein, Scott M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 11 2006
- ISBN10: 1531624545
- Language: English
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Sinister Chicago: Windy City Secrets, Urban Legends, and Sordid Characters
$19.95 Add to cartAuthor Kali Joy Cramer uncovers the sinister foundations of Chicago’s urban legends and unravels the facts around its most notorious murder cases. She looks below the superficial stories of Chicago’s … [more below]
- Author: Cramer, Kali Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1493045164
- Language: English
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It Happened in Ohio: Stories of Events and People that Shaped Buckeye State History
$26.83 Add to cartThirty-five episodes from the history of the Buckeye State, including memorable events such as the Kent State Riots, but also featuring lesser-known tales.
- Series: It Happened in
- Author: Cartaino, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 149303961X
- Language: English
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Haunted Butler County, Ohio
$35.99 Add to cartButler County has a long and storied history with some spooky twists.
When European settlers arrived, they found not only Native settlements but also earthworks that remain a mystery–as are the stran
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Schneider, Daniel D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 154025805X
- Language: English
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The 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes in Indiana
$21.99 Add to cartAuthor Janis Thornton reveals the stories of a day in Indiana like no other.
Palm Sunday 1965 started as the nicest day of the year, the kind of weather that encouraged Hoosiers to get out in the sun,
- Series: Disaster
- Author: Thornton, Janis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1467149977
- 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 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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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
