United States - State & Local - Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO,ND,NE,OH,SD,WI
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High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
$19.99 Read moreJoining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction by Alex Kotlowitz and J. Anthony Lukas, High-Risers braids personal narratives, city politics, and nat
- Author: Austen, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0062235079
- Language: English
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The Perfect Amount of Wrong: The Rise of Alt Comedy on Chicago’s North Side
$24.99 Read moreIn just over a decade, a tiny, do-it-yourself stand-up scene on the North Side of Chicago produced some of the most successful and influential stand-up comedians of their generation. Hannibal Buress,
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Mike Bridenstine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154075
- Language: English
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Crazy But True St. Louis History
$22.50 Read more- Author: O’Neill, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1681065002
- Language: English
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The Gateway Arch: An Illustrated Timeline
$17.00 Read more- Series: Illustrated Timeline
- Author: Guenther, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064464
- Language: English
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Ghosts & Legends of Crawfordsville, Indiana
$21.99 Read moreCrawfordsville, Indiana, has a rich history of spiritualism and paranormal lore.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s mediums were trained in the city, and spiritualism was preached from the street cor
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Hunt, Christopher M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154687
- 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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We the Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover-Up and the Poisoning of 100,000 Americans
$26.95 Read moreAs 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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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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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 Read more- Author: Sonderman, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1681065118
- 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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Strange Tales from Ohio: True Stories of Remarkable People, Places, and Events in Ohio History
$17.95 Read more“A delightful read … Zurcher chooses his anecdotes well, balancing scandalous murder mysteries and the truly odd with lighter fare about Ohio’s famous inventors and funniest first achievements.” —
- Author: Zurcher, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 241
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1598510487
- 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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Rural Iowa Sausage: History & Tradition of Brats on the Back Roads
$24.99 Add to cartAn Iowa Tradition Like No Other
In the 1970s, there were around 450 local meat lockers throughout the state of Iowa. Today, there are little more than 100 left. History is finally back on their sid
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Goodvin, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1467148547
- Language: English
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The Wisconsin Farm They Built: Tales of Family & Fortitude
$23.99 Read moreCorey Geiger, international agricultural journalist and author of On a Wisconsin Family Farm, pairs his rural roots and lively storytelling talents to capture six generations of life in America’s Dair… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Geiger, Corey A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152749
- Language: English
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Unnatural Ohio: A History of Buckeye Cryptids, Legends & Other Mysteries
$24.99 Add to cartStrange 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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Secret Wisconsin
$27.00 Add to cart- Series: Secret
- Author: Manus Tom &. Kristi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064944
- Language: English
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Detroit: An American Autopsy
$19.00 Read moreAn explosive expos? of America’s lost prosperity by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff
“One cannot read Mr. LeDuff’s amalgam of memoir and reportage and not be shaken by the cold ey- Author: Leduff, Charlie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0143124463
- Language: English
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Cleveland Summertime Memories: A Warm Look Back
$17.95 Add to cartWhat made the summertime special when growing up in Cleveland? The final school bell has rung, so put on your shades, slather on the sunscreen, and relive some of your fondest memories …
Taking a dip
- Author: Bellamy, Gail Ghetia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: December 06 2013
- ISBN10: 1938441508
- Language: English
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Haunted St. Paul
$21.99 Add to cartFrom the phantom pig at the Minnesota State Fair to the ghostly gangsters of the Wabasha Street Caves, St. Paul bristles with haunted history. Let the spectral usher of the Mounds Theatre show you to … [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Lewis, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 27 2010
- ISBN10: 1596299339
- Language: English
