United States - State & Local - Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO,ND,NE,OH,SD,WI
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The Women Who Built Omaha: A Bold and Remarkable History
$22.95 Add to cart2023 Nebraska Book Award
During the 1930s the Federal Writers’ Project described Omaha as a “man’s town,” and histories of the city have all but ignored women. However, women have played major roles- Author: Wirth, Eileen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: May 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1496228642
- Language: English
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Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
$20.00 Add to cartNow in paperback, the New York Times bestselling story of the taming of the Wild West, set in Dodge City, the most depraved and criminal town in the nation.
The instant New York Times bestseller Dodg- Series: Frontier Lawmen
- Author: Clavin, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1250160561
- Language: English
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Motor City Famous: Celebrity Homes, Graves and Little-Known Locales
$24.99 Add to cartMost know Detroit as the hometown of Motown legends like Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. And they’re all here! But beyond the well-known list of famous Detroiters awaits a veritable who’s w
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Platto, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 146715721X
- Language: English
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Classic Michigan Food and Drinks: The Stories Behind the Brands
$24.99 Read moreMichigan is home to an amazing array of food and drink brands, each with a fascinating story behind it.
Ready-to-eat breakfast cereals like Kellogg’s and Post changed how the world eats, and Gerber fi
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Milan, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1467153052
- Language: English
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The 1906-1910 Cubs Dynasty: Rowdy Times and Rugged Men in Cutthroat Chicago
$24.99 Read moreA Cubs dynasty founded on fastballs and fisticuffs.
Unlike today’s Chicago Cubs, the Cubs of 1906-1910 were not at all lovable, and certainly did not always display traits customarily linked with a wi
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Santella, Gary D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1467156795
- Language: English
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Killer Women of Michigan
$24.99 Add to cartThey used arsenic to obtain chemical divorces and strychnine to settle scores. They bludgeoned husbands to make way for lovers. They flattened love triangles with blunt objects. They murdered for mone
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Buhk, Tobin T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1467156205
- Language: English
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Memories of a Mackinac Island Native: Life on the Island from 1940s to 2020s
$17.95 Add to cart- Author: Chambers, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1615998314
- Language: English
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This Day in St. Louis History: The Famous, Infamous, and Everything in Between
$28.50 Add to cart- Author: Sonderman, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1681065118
- Language: English
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An Alternative History of Cleveland
$19.95 Add to cartDive into Cleveland’s deep past and return with a new vision for how we should think about the region today.
The land we call “northeast Ohio” was originally forged through eons of glacial pressure, ge
- Author: Wlasiuk, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1953368794
- Language: English
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Wildsam Field Guides: Iowa Prairie
$24.00 Add to cartWildsam Field Guides: Iowa Prarie leads travelers through the Hawkeye State, with guidance from trusted locals. Contributors include noted faculty from the Iowa Writers Workshop, including Ethan Canin… [more below]
- Series: Wildsam American Pursuits
- Author: Bruce, Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1467199788
- Language: English
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Muus vs. Muus: The Scandal That Shook Norwegian America
$29.95 Add to cartIn
1880s Minnesota a remarkable lawsuit posed questions about cultural practices
in an immigrant community and the rights of its members as Americans–inspiring a wide-reaching debate about faith and fa… [more below]- Author: Stenseth, Bodil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1681342987
- Language: English
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We the Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover-Up and the Poisoning of 100,000 Americans
$26.95 Add to cartAs the ongoing Flint water crisis marks its tenth anniversary, Chariton reveals shocking new evidence of the major government cover-up that resulted in the poisoning of Flint–and shatters what you th
- Author: Chariton, Jordan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1538194244
- Language: English
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Silent Springs the Panther: Historic Accounts of Michigan Big Cat Attacks
$17.95 Add to cartThrough meticulous research, author Aaron Veselenak has uncovered a significant number of terrifying, yet fascinating historical encounters whereby humans, usually the top predators in all of Animalia
- Author: Veselenak, Aaron J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: June 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1961302470
- Language: English
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Columbia Tusculum: A History of Cincinnati’s Oldest Neighborhood
$24.99 Read moreWith a history dating back 2000 years, Columbia Tusculum stands as a vital contributor to the region’s development.
The lush, strategically located land provided essential resources for native hunting
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Young, Dinese
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1467158550
- Language: English
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Journey to Freedom: Uncovering the Grayson Sisters’ Escape from Nebraska Territory
$34.95 Add to cartIn late November of 1858 two enslaved Black women–Celia Grayson, age twenty-two, and Eliza Grayson, age twenty–escaped the Stephen F. Nuckolls household in southeastern Nebraska. John Williamson, a … [more below]
- Author: Blankenau, Gail Shaffer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 149623152X
- Language: English
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Mysterious Michigan: The Lonely Ghost of Minnie Quay, the Marvelous Manifestations of Farmer Riley, the Devil in Detroit & More
$21.99 Read moreEnigmatic mediums, murders, monsters, and more are all part of Michigan’s mysterious and sometimes supernatural history.
The will of Detroit’s first millionaire, Eber B. Ward, was hotly contested becau
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Hammond, Amberrose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1467149926
- Language: English
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Lost Cincinnati Concert Venues of the ’50s and ’60s: From the Surf Club to Ludlow Garage
$21.99 Add to cartThe nightspots, rock clubs, arenas & more that made the city swing
Cincinnati in the ’50s and ’60s offered a stunning array of live music and entertainment venues. Though many of them no longer exist,
- Series: Lost
- Author: Rosen, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1467147214
- Language: English
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Cincinnati Curiosities: Healing Powers of the Wamsley Madstone, Nocturnal Exploits of Old Man Dead, Mazeppa’s Naked Ride & More
$23.99 Add to cartExplore the eccentric side of yesterday’s Queen City
Cincinnatians today wrap themselves in a comforting blanket of serene conformity, soothed by the myth that the Queen City has always been a bland, s
- Author: Hand, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 14 2022
- ISBN10: 146715282X
- Language: English
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Unnatural Ohio: A History of Buckeye Cryptids, Legends & Other Mysteries
$24.99 Read moreStrange things are afoot in the Buckeye State
Across city and country, Ohio echoes with tales of creatures, ghosts, and other unexplained phenomena. A monster that appeared to be half man and half d
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Smith, M. Kristina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151440
- Language: English
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November’s Fury: The Deadly Great Lakes Hurricane of 1913
$16.95 Add to cartOn Thursday, November 6, the Detroit News forecasted “moderate to brisk” winds for the Great Lakes. On Friday, the Port Huron Times-Herald predicted a “moderately severe” storm. Hourly the warnings be
- Author: Schumacher, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 081668720X
- Language: English
