Cultural Region/Midwest
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Lost Treasures of St. Louis, 2nd Edition
$42.00 Read more- Series: Lost Treasures
- Author: Collins, Cameron
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064812
- 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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Small Town, Big Music: The Outsized Influence of Kent, Ohio, on the History of Rock and Roll
$21.95 Add to cart2020 IPPY Awards Gold Medalist, Great Lakes Best Regional Nonfiction
Relying on oral histories, hundreds of rare photographs, and original music reviews, this book explores the countercultural fringes
- Author: Prufer, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1606354477
- 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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Rascal
$8.99 Read moreA Newbery Honor Book
Celebrating 50 years of a beloved classic! Nothing’s surprising in the North household, not even Sterling’s new pet raccoon. Rascal is only a baby when Sterling brings him home, b- Series: Puffin Modern Classics
- Author: North, Sterling
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 189
- Publish Date: April 30 1998
- ISBN10: 0140344454
- Language: English
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A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
$8.99 Read moreA Newbery Honor Book
A summer they’ll never forget. Each summer Joey and his sister, Mary Alice–two city slickers from Chicago–visit Grandma Dowdel’s seemingly sleepy Illinois town. Soon enough, th- Series: Puffin Modern Classics
- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 09 2000
- ISBN10: 0141303522
- Language: English
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Red Brick Magic: Sean McVay, John Harbaugh and Miami University’s Cradle of Coaches
$22.00 Read moreMiami University in Oxford, Ohio is recognized for its beauty, highlighted by the red brick throughout its grounds. Poet Robert Frost even called it “the prettiest campus ever there was.” It has a nat
- Author: Moore, Terence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1637274424
- Language: English
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A Flame Called Indiana: An Anthology of Contemporary Hoosier Writing
$20.00 Add to cartAs Kurt Vonnegut, Indiana’s most famous writer, once remarked, “Wherever you go, there is always a Hoosier doing something important there.”
A Flame Called Indiana features 65 writers of fiction, nonfi
- Author: Case, Doug Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0253066808
- Language: English
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Great Plains
$21.00 Add to cartNational Bestseller
Most travelers only fly over the Great Plains–but Ian Frazier, ever the intrepid and wide-eyed wanderer, is not your average traveler. A hilarious and fascinating look at the gre- Author: Frazier, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 04 2001
- ISBN10: 0312278500
- Language: English
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Grit, Noise, & Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock ‘n’ Roll
$18.95 Read more“. . . a great blow-by-blow account of an exciting and still-legendary scene.”
From the early days of John Lee Hooker to the heyday of Motown and beyond, Detroit has enjoyed a long
—Marshall Crenshaw- Author: Carson, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0472031902
- Language: English
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Roadside Geology of South Dakota
$20.00 Read moreSouth Dakota fills the landscape with geologic diversity, from the glaciated rolling prairies in the east, across the Missouri River, and west to the rugged Badlands Wall and granitic domes of the Bla… [more below]
- Series: Roadside Geology
- Author: Gries, John Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 357
- Publish Date: June 15 1996
- ISBN10: 0878423389
- Language: English
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Going Driftless: Life Lessons from the Heartland for Unraveling Times
$16.95 Read moreSomething truly fascinating is afoot in a region of the Upper Midwest commonly known as the Driftless that runs counter to many of the trends in the rest of the nation and just might be blueprint for … [more below]
- Author: Lyons, Stephen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0762780657
- 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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A History in Indigenous Voices: Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Oneida, Stockbridge, and Brothertown Interactions in the Removal Era
$49.95 Add to cart- Author: Cornelius, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 197660009X
- 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
