United States - State & Local - Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO,ND,NE,OH,SD,WI
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Rosebud Sioux
$24.99 Read moreThe Sicangu (burnt thighs) received their name when some of the Lakota peoples’ legs were burned in a great prairie fire. The French later named them Brule, and two large groups of the band would be s… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Sprague, Donovin Arleigh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 24 2005
- ISBN10: 0738534471
- Language: English
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Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel
$39.99 Add to cartA Michigan icon, Grand Hotel is in its third century as America’s summer place. The ambiance of Mackinac Island combines with the hotel’s ultimate level of hospitality, premier dining, and five-star g… [more below]
- Author: Fornes, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: May 24 2021
- ISBN10: 1540247333
- Language: English
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Historic Black Settlements of Ohio
$23.99 Add to cartIn the years leading up to the Civil War, Ohio had more African American settlements than any other state. Owing to a common border with several slave states, it became a destination for people of col… [more below]
- Author: Meyers, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1467144185
- Language: English
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Remembering Christmas in Chicago
$19.99 Add to cartIn Chicago, wherever Christmas is celebrated, holiday traditions reflect both universal themes and local color, both the spirit of giving and snow-covered State Street. In 1913, Chicago decorated its
- Series: Remembering
- Author: Adams, Rosemary K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: September 28 2010
- ISBN10: 1684422418
- Language: English
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Oak Park:: The Evolution of a Village
$24.99 Read moreJourney to the past with historian David M. Sokol as he reveals the city that nurtured and inspired the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Ray Kroc and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Though it is a handsome village, with
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Sokol, David M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 27, 2011
- ISBN10: 1609490703
- Language: English
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Marshall Field’s: The Store That Helped Build Chicago
$23.99 Add to cartAnyone who has waited in a Christmas line for the Walnut Room’s Great Tree can attest that Chicago’s loyalty to Marshall Field’s is fierce.
Dayton-Hudson even had to take out advertising around town to
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Soucek, Gayle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 10 2010
- ISBN10: 1596298545
- Language: English
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Six Flags Great America
$31.99 Add to cartMarriott’s Great America first opened in Gurnee, Illinois, on May 29, 1976. Located midway between Chicago and Milwaukee, it was the second of two Marriott Corporation theme parks. Great America was c… [more below]
- Series: Images of Modern America
- Author: Wilson, Steven W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: September 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1540226026
- Language: English
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A People’s History of the Lake of the Ozarks
$31.99 Add to cart- Author: Peek, Dan William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: April 25 2016
- ISBN10: 1540203433
- Language: English
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A Culinary History of Iowa: Sweet Corn, Pork Tenderloins, Maid-Rites & More
$23.99 Add to cartIowa’s delectable cuisine is quintessentially midwestern, grounded in its rich farming heritage and spiced with diverse ethnic influences. Classics like fresh sweet corn and breaded pork tenderloins a… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Maulsby, Darcy Dougherty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1467136328
- Language: English
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Detroit in World War II
$21.99 Add to cartWhen President Roosevelt called for the country to be the great Arsenal of Democracy, Detroit helped turn the tide against fascism with its industrial might. Locals were committed to the cause, puttin… [more below]
- Series: Military
- Author: Sumner, Gregory D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 09 2015
- ISBN10: 1467119474
- Language: English
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Made in Chicago: The Windy City’s Manufacturing Heritage
$24.99 Add to cartFor much of the 20th century, the Chicagoland area was a manufacturing mecca due to its central geographic location and ready access to rail and water transportation. The city and suburbs mass-produce… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Weber, Austin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1467103071
- Language: English
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Black St. Louis
$39.95 Read moreBlack St. Louis explores the rich and inspiring history of African Americans in St. Louis from the city’s founding as a French fur trading post during the Spanish colonial era to the new millennium. A… [more below]
- Author: Riley, Calvin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064073
- Language: English
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Michigan Scoundrels: Rogues, Rascals and Rapscallions
$23.99 Read moreThe rich history of the Wolverine State has a serious dark side. In the Detroit area, the Black Legion outdid the Ku Klux Klan in hate but remained secret until one of its leaders was implicated in a … [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Lewis, Norma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153702
- Language: English
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Secret Upper Peninsula: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$20.95 Read more- Series: Secret
- Author: Usitalo, Kath
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1681062232
- Language: English
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Haunted Bars & Pubs of Michigan
$21.99 Read moreExplore the spirits of Michigan’s watering holes
From the picturesque shores of Manistique to the crystalline waters of Diamond Lake in Cassopolis, Michigan overflows with pubs and bars swirling with
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Beauchamp, Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 146715430X
- Language: English
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Mississippi River Festival
$31.99 Add to cartIn 1969, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville initiated a remarkable performing arts series called the Mississippi River Festival. Over 12 summer seasons, between 1969 and 1980, the festival pres… [more below]
- Author: Bahr-Evola, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 29 2006
- ISBN10: 1531624936
- Language: English
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An Open Secret: The Story of Deadwood’s Most Notorious Bordellos
$21.95 Add to cartA colorful history of the famous Soiled Doves of Deadwood, South Dakota, during the heyday of the wild west.
- Author: Enss, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493061461
- Language: English
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Drury University
$37.99 Add to cartOn September 25, 1873, Dr. Nathan Jackson Morrison, the first president of Drury College, stood in the second-story window of an unfinished building and rang a borrowed boardinghouse dinner bell to an… [more below]
- Series: Campus History
- Author: Garvin, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: July 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1540257657
- Language: English
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Haunted Wausau: The Ghostly History of Big Bull Falls
$21.99 Add to cartWalk through the Gateway to the Northwoods into a place teeming with apparitions, electrical disturbances, physical manifestations and veiled forces. Glide among the praying whispers in the basement o… [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Blaschka, Shawn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 16 2011
- ISBN10: 1609491106
- Language: English
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Jacobson’s: I Miss It So!: The Story of a Michigan Fashion Institution
$31.99 Add to cartWinner of the Michigan Notable Book Award for 2012
Join department store historian Bruce Allen Kopytek in this return to the elegance of Jacobson’s, a beloved Michigan institution for well over 100 ye
- Author: Kopytek, Bruce Allen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: September 06 2011
- ISBN10: 1540206068
- Language: English
